Kratos Unveils Revolutionary Low-Cost Cruise Missile System, “Ragnarök”

SAN DIEGO, Oct. 13, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc., a technology company in defense, national security, and global markets, today unveiled its innovative “Ragnarök” Low-Cost Cruise Missile (LCCM) system, representing a significant advancement in tactical strike capabilities.

The XQ-58 Valkyrie pictured at the 2025 Miramar Air Show in San Diego, CA is a Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA)/ Autonomous Collaborative Platform (ACP) with the Ragnarök LCCM in an under-wing configuration and stowed in the bomb bay.

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The Ragnarök LCCM features an optimized design that enables exceptional performance metrics for a system in its class. This strike-focused platform offers an impressive 500 nautical mile range while carrying an 80-pound payload, making it ideal for precision engagement missions across a variety of operational scenarios.

Close up of the Ragnarök LCCM securely stowed in the bomb bay of the XQ-58 Valkyrie, showcasing its innovative under-wing configuration designed for enhanced tactical versatility.

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“The Ragnarök LCCM represents our commitment to developing high-performance strike systems, for Valkyrie, that meet the evolving needs of today’s warfighter in conjunction with the budget realities that dictate what systems ultimately make it to the field,” said Steve Fendley, President of Kratos Unmanned Systems. “Its modular design delivers maximum combat capability for carriage and launch options. With complementary capability to the Northrop Grumman’s Lumberjack that’s recently been in the news, weapons in this new class which support unmanned and manned applications are coming to the forefront demonstrating their performance value per cost.”

Ragnarök LCCM attached to the wing of the XQ-58 Valkyrie, highlighting its advanced engineering features and optimized design for precision engagement missions.

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Superior Performance Specifications
The Ragnarök LCCM delivers impressive performance, including:

• 500 nautical mile operational range
• High-altitude capability up to 35,000 feet
• Cruise speed of greater than Mach 0.7

Ragnarök LCCM boasts a compact design and an innovative wing-folding mechanism for seamless storage and transport.

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Advanced Engineering Features
The Ragnarök LCCM incorporates several technological innovations, such as:

• Carbon composite fuselage and empennage components
• Enhanced propulsion system optimized for strike missions
• Innovative wing-folding mechanism for compact storage and transport
• Compatibility with standard 14-inch rack systems
• Suitable for internal carriage, external carriage, and pallet carriage

Kratos’ engineering team has overcome significant design challenges to create a strike platform that maximizes performance while maintaining affordability. The Ragnarök LCCM demonstrates Kratos’ ability to rapidly develop and deploy advanced unmanned systems to meet emerging threats.

By leveraging Kratos’ expertise in affordable, high-performance unmanned systems, Kratos has created a strike platform that has been engineered with manufacturability and affordability in mind and delivers maximum capability at minimum cost. With estimated production costs of approximately $150,000 per unit in quantities of 100, the system presents an exceptional value proposition for defense applications requiring advanced strike capabilities at competitive costs and exemplifies Kratos’ commitment to providing warfighters with the advanced tools they need at a price point that enables widespread deployment.

Eric DeMarco, President and CEO of Kratos, said, “Kratos Ragnarök LCCM is a recent example of Kratos making the internally funded investment, moving fast, and rapidly developing a relevant, ready-for-high-quantity-production weapon system. Kratos is the industry leader in bringing affordable unmanned aerial drones, hypersonic, strike, missile and propulsion systems to the warfighter. At Kratos, it’s products not PowerPoints, and we’re ready to manufacture affordably and in mass quantities today.”

The Ragnarök LCCM design has completed initial development phases and is ready for production. Kratos is currently engaging with defense partners to explore deployment opportunities across multiple mission scenarios.

Source: Kratos Defense & Security Solutions