Carrying 48 rockets and the most powerful engine of its type outside the Soviet bloc, this buzzy little fighter could fly ...

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 ...

In theory, a VTOL fighter could protect the mother ship or join other VTOL fighters to defend a task force or convoy. After four years of study, the Navy awarded contracts to Convair and Lockheed to ...

Shield AI and GE Aerospace have confirmed that the GE Aerospace F110-GE-129 engine will power the developmental X-Bat unmanned vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) fighter aircraft. The pair have ...

Introducing X-BAT, the world’s first AI-piloted VTOL fighter jet. With vertical takeoff and landing, long range, and full autonomy, X-BAT delivers combat power anywhere, anytime. This is the future of ...

It is unlikely that, as many Russian sources brag, the F-35B was a direct rip-off of the Yak-141. However, there are many staggering similarities between the two planes. Most military and aviation ...

This lockheed concept jet can not only fly at Mach 2.2, but land vertically using 1950s engine technology. It would have been ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Between 1955 and 1958, the Air Force ...

There are so many kinds of drones out there serving the needs of the military that it's pretty difficult to make sense of them all. What we do know for a fact is that, at least publicly, there is no ...

Analysts say China has developed a chilling strategy for fighting a war with the United States: destroy America’s fighter jets before they ever leave the ground. In nearly every modern conflict, ...