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A new autonomous fighter jet just broke cover. It's powered by the same AI brain that flew an F-16 through a dogfight.

The AI that powered an F-16 in a dogfight against a manned aircraft is powering a new, fully autonomous fighter jet, its maker said as it unveiled the new aircraft design. US defense tech unicorn ...
Aviation Week

X-BAT Program Targets Three Asian Countries For Exports

Shield AI revealed the X-BAT this week at an event in Washington, D.C. Credit: Shield AI SEOUL—South Korea, Japan and Taiwan are possible sales targets in Asia for the newly unveiled X-BAT ...
Aviation Week

Shield AI X-Bat Uses GE Aerospace F110 Engine

Credit: Vital Archive/Alamy ROME—Shield AI has chosen GE Aerospace’s F110 engine to power its X-Bat vertical-takeoff-and-landing (VTOL) uncrewed aircraft system (UAS). Until now, the company has ...
KXAN

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 ...
Flightglobal

Shield AI selects GE F110 engine for X-Bat VTOL fighter

Shield AI and GE Aerospace have signed a memorandum of understanding to power the developmental X-Bat unmanned vertical take-off and landing fighter with the proven F110-GE-129 engine, featuring ...
Aviation Today

GE Aerospace’s F110-GE-129 Engine To Power Shield AI X-BAT

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 ...