Getting Shield AI's hugely ambitious X-BAT off the ground vertically and recovering it the same way is essential to its ...

Hivemind, an AI pilot, conducted a flight test aboard Anduril's Fury, a competitor in the Air Force's Collaborative Combat ...

The idea sounds like science fiction at first glance. A small American firm, Stavatti Aerospace, is pitching a “bat wing” combat jet called the SM 39 Razor to the United States Navy. On paper, this ...

It seems like autonomous aircraft makers are indulging in a bit of oneupsmanship as Shield AI rolls out its X-BAT VTOL Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) that combines the ability to land and take ...

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 ...

US defense technology biz Shield AI claims it can build a jet-powered vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) autonomous fighter drone that doesn't need a runway to operate.… The California-based biz ...

The Collaborative Combat Aircraft operated for the first time outside of the Woomera Training Area during Exercise Carlsbad in April 2025 at RAAF Tindal, which hosts F-35A and MQ-4C units. Early in ...

Shield AI has revealed the X-BAT, a vertical take-off stealth jet designed for runway-free operations and powered by the firm’s Hivemind AI pilot. U.S. defense technology company Shield AI has ...

Analysts say China has developed a chilling strategy for fighting a war with the United States: destroy America’s fighter jets before they ever leave the ground. In nearly every modern conflict, ...

Australia is moving ahead with the next phase of its MQ-28A “Ghost Bat” collaborative ...