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X-BAT, world’s first AI-piloted fighter jet with vertical takeoff and landing takes shape as Shield AI joins the US defense industry complex

Shield AI, a US defense technology company based in San Diego, has announced a pioneering advancement in military aviation with the unveiling of the X-BAT, the world’s first autonomous vertical take ...
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Shield AI Creates US X-BAT Network to Shift Autonomous Fighter From Prototype to Operational Fleet.

Shield AI has established a three-state U.S. industrial network for its X-BAT autonomous vertical takeoff and landing combat aircraft, assigning production to Washington state, flight testing and ...
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Shield AI picks sites for X-BAT production and flight testing

Newton, Kansas, will host flight testing and fleet sustainment while Des Moines, Washington, becomes the autonomous fighter's ...
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Shield AI Unveils X-BAT, an AI-Piloted VTOL Fighter Jet for Contested Environments

WASHINGTON, Oct. 22, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Shield AI today announced the unveiling of X-BAT, an AI-piloted, vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) fighter jet designed for expeditionary and maritime ...