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October 21, 2025

Shield AI has unveiled X-BAT, a stealthy jet-powered ‘autonomous fighter’ designed to take off vertically and land the same way, tail first, after completing its mission. The company is best known for its Hivemind autonomy software and its much less complex, but combat-proven V-BAT vertical takeoff and landing drone. Now it wants to have a very disruptive impact on the growing marketplace for Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) and Unmanned Combat Air Vehicle (UCAV) type drones with a design that aims to offer a totally different level of mission flexibility from launch and recovery points on land or at sea.

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