AIR & SPACE • Aug 19, 2026
Using X – BAT to turn DESTROYERS into AIRCRAFT CARRIERS?
The US Navy just awarded Shield AI a $50 million contract to mature its new vertical take-off and landing X-Bat fighter drone, but what’s…
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AIR & SPACE • Jul 16, 2026
Shield AI’s X BAT Autonomous Fighter Nears First Flight After Major Tests
🎥 Shield AI has released new test footage showcasing major progress on its revolutionary X-BAT autonomous VTOL fighter, bringing the AI-powered combat aircraft one…
AIR & SPACE • Jul 14, 2026
Shield AI X – BAT: Naval Capabilities & 2026 First Flight Timeline Revealed
At Eurosatory 2026, we look at the X-BAT Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) by Shield AI. "Geeky," Director of X-BAT Campaigns in Europe, joins us…
AIR & SPACE • Jul 13, 2026
Shield AI X – BAT: Naval Capabilities & 2026 First Flight Timeline Revealed
At Eurosatory 2026, we look at the X-BAT Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) by Shield AI. "Geeky," Director of X-BAT Campaigns in Europe, joins us…
AIR & SPACE • Jun 26, 2026
Autonomous Fighters Are Here | What Happens Next?
The U.S. Air Force has selected Anduril to enter production for its Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) program, marking the first time in more than…
AIRCRAFT CARRIERS • Jun 24, 2026
U.S. Military Just Trapped Iran’s Mullahs Into Total Defeat
Iran's chief negotiator says the Strait of Hormuz will 'NEVER return to pre-war conditions' — but Hormuz ship crossings just TRIPLED in one week.…
AERIAL DRONES • Jun 18, 2026
V – BAT: India’s Vertical Takeoff Drone | Defence Dynamics
#VBAT India is rapidly strengthening its strategic defence posture through the development of advanced AD-1 and AD-2 Ballistic Missile Defence interceptors, enhanced nuclear deterrence…
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE • Jun 18, 2026
How LUCAS with HIVEMIND AI is set to enhance US military’s drone warfare capacity?
The U.S. military’s Low-Cost Uncrewed Combat Attack System (LUCAS), a long-range one-way attack drone, is set to receive Shield AI’s Hivemind autonomous control software.…
AIR & SPACE • May 29, 2026
U.S. Military Just Flexed The Most Dangerous Aircraft Ever Built The F – 47
Boeing's F-47 — the world's first sixth-generation fighter, awarded a $20 billion contract on March 21, 2025 — replaces the F-22 Raptor with a…
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE • May 21, 2026
America’s LUCAS attack drones get HIVEMIND AI injection
The US military’s copy of Iran’s Shahed 136 attack drone is finally getting scarier than the original, thanks to a hot injection of “Hivemind”…
AFGHANISTAN • May 12, 2026
213 – Top Gun, Tomcats, and AI Wingmen: “Yank” Cummings on Tomorrow’s War
JJ “Yank” Cummings returns to the Fighter Pilot Podcast for a wide-ranging conversation on the #f14tomcat, carrier #aviation, #topgunmaverick, and the rapidly approaching age…
AIR & SPACE • May 3, 2026
Will The X – BAT Stealth Fighter Drone Change The Air Combat Game?
TWZ's Jamie Hunter talks to Shield AI's Armor Harris, the chief designer of the recently revised X-BAT, which is intended to takeoff and land…
AIR & SPACE • Mar 27, 2026
Ukraine Just Flipped Drone Warfare | Russia’s Jamming Doesn’t Matter Anymore
Ukraine’s Hivemind AI drones are changing drone warfare, and Russia’s jamming advantage may be in serious trouble. In this video, I break down Shield…
AIR & SPACE • Feb 27, 2026
US Air Force’s New X-BAT Drone Will Replace Fighter Jets?!
In the world of modern warfare, there are moments when a single technological shift quietly reshapes everything that comes after it. And one such…
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE • Jan 13, 2026
U.S. Military Using Sonic Weapons is Worse Than You Think
President Trump hints at U.S. weapons "unlike anyone has ever seen" after the January 2026 Maduro raid – sonic weapon mystery or more? –…
AIR & SPACE • Nov 22, 2025
Shield AI V-BAT, X-BAT and Naval Autonomy with HII
=====================V-BATThe V-BAT is the only single-engine ducted-fan vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) unmanned aircraft system (UAS) operationally deployed across multiple regions worldwide. Its compact…
AIR & SPACE • Nov 11, 2025
Fighter Pilot Reacts to NEW XBAT VTOL Drone
Shield AI’s X-BAT just unveiled the world’s first VTOL stealth fighter that launches from a shipping container, flies itself at Mach 1.2+ and carries…
AIR & SPACE • Nov 7, 2025
The era of unmanned fighter jets is finally upon us. Runways are no longer necessary! The impact …
In October 2025, American defense technology company Shield AI officially unveiled the X-BAT, a fully autonomous vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) fighter jet that…
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE • Nov 5, 2025
AI Pilots Fly Combat Air Patrol | MQ-20 Powered by Hivemind
Shield AI has completed its second flight demonstration of Hivemind, its cutting-edge mission autonomy software, on a GA-ASI MQ-20 Avenger, in a live-virtual-constructive (LVC)…
AIR & SPACE • Oct 23, 2025
Answering YOUR questions about the X-BAT VTOL FIGHTER DRONE
Yesterday, we published a video on Shield AI’s new X-BAT VTOL fighter drone, and I’ve gotten a lot of great questions about it on…
AIR & SPACE • Oct 23, 2025
We Saw A New AI-Piloted Fighter Drone About To Transform Warfare
Multiple startups all the way to defense giants like Lockheed Martin are betting that a new generation of advanced drones will define the future…
AIR & SPACE • Oct 22, 2025
Shield AI’s new X-BAT fighter-drone could change air warfare forever
Shield AI just unveiled its new drone multi-role fighter, dubbed the X-BAT… and it has the potential to fundamentally change how air warfare plays…
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE • Jul 13, 2025
Why the MQ-20 Avenger with Shield Hivemind AI could be the future of warfare ?
According to a General Atomics-Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) statement, in a “first-of-its-kind” test on June 11, MQ-20 Avenger, equipped with Shield AI’s Hivemind autonomy software,…