US firm GE Aerospace has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Shield AI to power the latter’s new AI-piloted fighter jet – the X-BAT. Under the new agreement, GE Aerospace will power X-BAT ...

Shield AI, the American start-up best known for its autonomy software, is progressing through testing of its new uncrewed tactical aircraft. The company in October 2025 unveiled the autonomous jet, ...

Shield AI plans to conduct initial vertical takeoff and landing demonstrations of its X-BAT drone fighter jet “as early as fall 2026, followed by all-up flight testing and operational validation in ...

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 ...

GE Aerospace‘s F110-GE-129 engine with the Axisymmetric Vectoring Exhaust Nozzle (AVEN) is to power Shield AI‘s future X-BAT drone fighter jet, according to a Memorandum of Understanding between the ...

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 ...