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Unmanned VTOL fighter plane design with 2,000-mile range unveiled, can conduct attack missions

A San Diego-based company has unveiled a vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) fighter jet platform. Shield AI’s new concept is ...
AFCEA

DARPA Seeks Improvements to VTOL Aircraft

Four companies have been tapped to design the next generation of vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft for the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). They are Aurora Flight ...

Shield AI Unveils X-BAT, an AI-Piloted VTOL Fighter Jet for Contested Environments

BAT, an AI-piloted, vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) fighter jet designed for expeditionary and maritime operations in ...
Defense One

Shield AI’s unmanned fighter jet concept pitched as a drone wingman or solo aircraft

Shield AI’s new unmanned, vertical-takeoff-and-landing fighter jet concept is designed to be a drone wingman or a standalone ...
Defense Daily

Shield AI Says Development of More Than 2,000 Mile Range X-BAT Underway

Shield AI said on Monday that it is developing a more than 2,000 mile range X-BAT vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) fighter ...
Aviation Week Network

Shield AI Unveils High-End, VTOL Collaborative Combat Aircraft

Shield AI, the software-focused company known for its widely used Hivemind autonomy system, plans to enter into the world of high-end aircraft development with an uncrewed fighter it calls X-BAT.
autoevolution

Award-Winning Project Deep Sky Anticipates Future VTOL Trends With Simple Design

There’s no doubt that VTOLs will eventually be a thing. Even recent testings by manufacturers have led to some very promising results. The award-winning VTOL design you see here, may, one day, be ...
Flying

Ascendance Flight Technologies Reveals Design for Hybrid VTOL

According to the company, Atea will have a range of 400 km with 80 percent reduced carbon emissions. [Courtesy: Ascendance Flight Technologies] Ascendance Flight Technologies has unveiled the result ...
Yahoo

CEO shares secret to creating this unique aircraft the Navy is investing over $7 million in to fly parts to broken warships

The US Navy is looking into using drones to deliver critical repair cargo to broken warships. The BlueWater Maritime Logistics UAS project seeks innovative VTOL designs. The unique PteroDynamics ...
New Atlas

Radically different Transwing eVTOL design offers some huge advantages

Southern California's PteroDynamics has somehow escaped our attention thus far, but this company's radically different take on the electric VTOL aircraft is well worth a look, and the company claims ...
KTLA

Vertical Flight Society Electric VTOL Directory Hits 1,000 Designs

The Doroni Aerospace H1-X concept was the 1,000th design added to the VFS World eVTOL Aircraft Directory (Doroni image) Vertical Flight Society logo The Vertical Flight Society (VFS) tracks electric ...
CU Boulder News & Events

Seminar: Drone and Small VTOL Vehicle Design - Nov. 28

Abstract: In an era where unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have become integral to various industries, understanding the intricacies of their design is essential to future aerospace engineers. This ...