Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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The US Navy just awarded Shield AI a $50 million contract to mature its new vertical take-off and landing X-Bat fighter drone, but what’s even crazier, is that the Navy envisions operating these jet fighters off of more than just carriers… They want them to be launched from destroyers as well.

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Citations:
aviationweek.com/defense/aircraft-propulsion/us-navy-names-x-bat-emerging-ship-based-vtol-strike-concept
aviationweek.com/defense/aircraft-propulsion/us-navy-opens-search-long-range-ship-based-strike-uas
shield.ai/x-bat
sandboxx.us/news/shield-ais-x-bat-promises-to-reshape-the-nature-of-drones
geaerospace.com/news/press-releases/shield-ai-and-ge-aerospace-light-x-bat-engine