Shield AI's X-BAT fighter drone gets arrowhead redesign for high-speed flight, packing F-35 payload capacity with VTOL ...

Debrief: Shield AI Seeks To Prove Its VTOL X-Bat This Year is published in Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, an Aviation Week Intelligence Network (AWIN) Market Briefing and is included with your AWIN ...

Shield AI plans to conduct initial vertical takeoff and landing demonstrations of its X-BAT drone fighter jet “as early as fall 2026, followed by all-up flight testing and operational validation in ...

An artist's rendering of the X-BAT that Shield AI is developing to be a runway-independent unmanned VTOL strike jet. (Shield AI) US company Shield AI is developing an unmanned vertical take-off and ...

Smith & Wesson didn’t throw the Shield name on a minor refresh this time. The Shield X is a real pivot for the line: double-stack capacity as standard, optics-ready slide, extended grip, longer barrel ...

Shield AI and GE Aerospace have confirmed that the GE Aerospace F110-GE-129 engine will power the developmental X-Bat unmanned vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) fighter aircraft. The pair have ...

Shield AI’s new unmanned, vertical-takeoff-and-landing fighter jet concept is designed to be a drone wingman or a standalone aircraft, marking the latest autonomous aircraft announcement by defense ...

Credit: Vital Archive/Alamy ROME—Shield AI has chosen GE Aerospace’s F110 engine to power its X-Bat vertical-takeoff-and-landing (VTOL) uncrewed aircraft system (UAS). Until now, the company has ...