A Fighter Jet That Takes Off Without a Runway Is One Step Closer to Vertical Takeoff

The X-Bat is the first AI-piloted supersonic jet with the ability to take off and land vertically without a runway.
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Crewless Fighter Jet That Can Take Off Vertically Uses Thrust Vectoring Tech Developed in the 1990s

American defense company Shield AI tested the Axisymmetric Vectoring Exhaust Nozzle (AVEN) tech for the X-Bat combat drone ...
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A new AI fighter jet could take off from a parking lot instead of a runway

The next fighter jet may not need a runway. Shield AI and GE Aerospace have completed a critical propulsion test for X-BAT, an autonomous strike aircraft built to take off and land vertically. The ...

US fighter jets take off for Strait of Hormuz

CNN exclusively captured US fighter jets taking off from the USS Abraham Lincoln to carry out a routine nighttime mission ...

Fighter jets take off from USS Abraham Lincoln for routine mission

CNN’s Pamela Brown reports aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln, where pilots are preparing for anything as they experience their ...