GE Aerospace Ships X-Bat Engine After Ground-Test Campaign

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Credit: GE Aerospace
LYNN, Mass.—GE Aerospace is shipping its thrust vectoring AVEN nozzle to Shield AI for integration with the defense startup's F110-129E-powered X-Bat uncrewed aircraft system (UAS), following more than 100 hr. of ground tests. Using the Axisymmetric Vectoring Exhaust Nozzle (AVEN), Shield AI aims to...
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