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The Navy Put $50 Million Into Shield AI's X-BAT. It Has Not Flown Yet.
A $50 million award pushes Shield AI's 22,000-pound VTOL jet toward ships with no flight deck, on the strength of ground tests rather than flight time.
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Shield AI Will Build Its X-BAT Fighter Near Seattle and Fly Every One in Kansas
Shield AI has fixed the factory and flight-test sites for its runway-independent AI-piloted fighter, which has yet to fly and whose production dates do not yet line up.