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DEFENSE Shield AI has unveiled the X-Bat, a fighter-size, jet-powered, tailsitting vertical-takeoff-and-landing autonomous combat aircraft, and anticipates first flight in 2026. The European Commission is proposing four flagship programs to bolster its defenses—the European Drone Defense Initiative...
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