PARIS—Shield AI’s proposed X-Bat already stands out as an autonomous, jet-powered, vertical-takeoff-and-landing, long-range strike aircraft, but company President Ryan Tseng adds another distinction.

In April 2024, a demonstration of Shield AI’s V-BAT drone for U.S. Navy officers near Fort Stockton, Texas, was intended to ...

Shield AI, the American start-up best known for its autonomy software, is progressing through testing of its new uncrewed tactical aircraft. The company in October 2025 unveiled the autonomous jet, ...

By David Jeans NEW YORK, June 5 (Reuters) - A year ago, Ryan Tseng, the head of U.S. defense tech startup Shield AI, announced his company had turned a new page. After a gory incident that partially ...

Shield AI presented its new concept for an autonomous combat aircraft, the X-BAT, described by the company as the first ...

WARSAW, June 16 (Reuters) - X-BAT drone maker Shield AI wants to set up a Polish servicing centre as well as production in the European country, its Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on Tuesday. Tusk ...

Since Shield AI unveiled its high-end vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) collaborative combat aircraft (CCA) last fall, there has been plenty of skepticism. Shield AI seeks to set its X-Bat apart ...

The future of air combat is starting to look a lot more like something pulled from a design lab that refuses to follow the old rules of fighter jets. The X-BAT, an autonomous vertical takeoff and ...

The AI that powered an F-16 in a dogfight against a manned aircraft is powering a new, fully autonomous fighter jet, its maker said as it unveiled the new aircraft design. US defense tech unicorn ...

Shield AI may build an F-16 engine maintenance hub and drone manufacturing in Poland, boosting NATO readiness and local ...

Shield AI announced the completion of its acquisition of Aechelon Technology, Inc.