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AI & machine learningmedium impactShield AI X-BAT VTOL fighter jet uses 1990s jet engine with AI pilot
· San Diego, United States · Americas · no longer in the live window
Shield AI's unmanned X-BAT vertical takeoff craft employs axisymmetric vectoring with a jet engine first tested in the 1990s for F-16 applications.
- Topic
- AI & machine learning
- Location
- San Diego, United States (32.716°, -117.161°)
- Region
- Americas
- Impact
- medium
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- TechRadar
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