ShieldAI Progresses On X‑BAT Build, Tests Amid Europe Push

X-BAT
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FARNBOROUGH, England—Shield AI is progressing on building its initial X-BAT autonomous fighters after it announced on the eve of the Farnborough Airshow that it had fired its thrust-vectoring engine for the first time. The vertical-takeoff-and-landing (VTOL) combat aircraft will have its first...
Brian Everstine

Brian Everstine is the Pentagon Editor for Aviation Week, based in Washington, D.C.

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