Defense tech startup Shield AI has entered the market for loyal wingman drones with its new vertical-takeoff-and-landing (VTOL) uncrewed fighter jet called X-BAT.
Unveiled on Tuesday during an event in Washington, X-BAT is a Group 5 unmanned aerial vehicle that the company is pitching as an option for one of the many robo-jet programs under development across the Pentagon. The aircraft’s body — which features a low-signature airframe design and large jet engine — is designed to be paired with Shield AI’s “Hivemind” software to enable collaborative, AI-enabled flight.
“X-BAT has the size, weight and power needed to carry sensors to be able to standalone unlike any other autonomous aircraft on the market today,” Armor Harris, senior vice president of…more
Source defensescoop.com
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