THE AVIATIONIST · DEFENSE
SHIELD AI REVEALS FIRST FULL-SCALE PROTOTYPE X-BAT VTOL FIGHTER DRONE...
Around half the size of an F-35, and powered by an afterburning GE F110 engine with thrust vectoring capabilities, the X-BAT is billed as the world’s first autonomous VTOL strike fighter.
SCOTT: Watch the airframe and the training pipeline, not the parade footage. Programs live or die in the schoolhouse.