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N501YM

Kratos MQM-178

Valid Defense dronesOklahoma

N501YM is a Kratos MQM-178, a fixed-wing airplane with more than one motor with turbojet engines. It is unmanned. It is registered to Kratos Unmanned Aerial Systems, a corporation in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The registration is valid: it was issued on March 7, 2022 and expires on March 31, 2029. No airworthiness certificate is on file, which is normal for drones and for aircraft still being built or tested.

Aircraft

Maker
Kratos (United States)
FAA spelling: KRATOS UNMANNED AERIAL SYSTEMS
Model
MQM-178
Serial number
5325455-1-202
Type
Fixed-wing, multi-engine
Power
Turbojet, 2 motors
Seats
0
Year built
Not given
Transponder code
A63FD9 (octal 51437731)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
March 7, 2022
Expires
March 31, 2029
Last FAA action
April 2, 2026
Airworthiness
None on file
FAA region
Southwestern
FAA record id
01361314

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Kratos Unmanned Aerial Systems
Type
Corporation
Address
7501 SW 29Th St Ste 200
Oklahoma City, OK 73179-5214

Owners can ask the FAA to withhold their name and address from public files. When they do, those fields are blank here as well. How that works.

Documents on file 0

No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.

Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, September 25, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data