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   Shield AI Unveils First Full-Scale X-BAT Combat Drone Prototype

   Shield AI has unveiled X-BAT 001, the first full-scale prototype in a planned two-aircraft test program, and the aircraft is being transported from Texas to a flight-test base in Kansas. The jet-powered stealth design uses a GE Aerospace F110 engine, an AVEN vectoring nozzle and Shield AI flight-control technology, with nozzle integration, actuation and engine ignition tests completed in July. Shield AI plans VTOL tests in 2026, a mission-capable flight in 2028 and production in 2029, but the U.S. Navy says deployment depends on further flight testing and combat evaluation.

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2. Oct 16
   Airbus demos MQ-72C unmanned helicopter to US Army with Shield AI autonomy

   Airbus flew a self-funded demonstration of its MQ-72C unmanned helicopter for the U.S. Army near Huntsville, Alabama, completing five flights that included complex hovering and standard takeoff and landing patterns. During one test, the aircraft autonomously decided how to reroute around a no-fly zone that appeared mid-flight, with the onboard safety pilot never taking control. The MQ-72C is based on the UH-72B Lakota and was developed with L3Harris, Shield AI and Parry Labs, carrying forward and rear-facing LiDAR plus a nose electro-optical camera, with Shield AI's Hivemind autonomy software interpreting the data and making decisions. Airbus said that since this summer the aircraft has been commanded via a Parry Labs ground control station over Starlink, giving it beyond-line-of-sight control at ranges up to about 70 miles (roughly 113 km).

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