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USMC MQ-58 Valkyrie collaborative combat aircraft set for 2029 delivery with conventional landing gear

The U.S. Marine Corps’ MQ-58 Valkyrie collaborative combat aircraft will begin arriving in 2029, kicking off the service’s operational CCA journey. The platform will use conventional landing gear, with additional CCA variants expected to follow as the programme scales.

Discovered 2026-04-29T11:47:54.142269-07:00 | 2026-04-29T11:47:54.142269-07:00

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The 2029 delivery timeline for the USMC’s MQ-58 marks a concrete step from collaborative-combat concepts toward operational fielding, extending the services’ CCA experimentation push discussed in USAF’s first CCA selections.
The decision to field MQ-58 with conventional landing gear signals an emphasis on integrating uncrewed operations into established Marine aviation basing and recovery practices, rather than relying on specialized fielding assumptions.
It reinforces the USMC’s multi-year shift toward uncrewed “drone wingman” and CCA-focused airpower transformation outlined in the 2026 US Marine Corps Aviation Plan.

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