Meet the X-BAT: Full specs on the new AI-piloted fighter jet to be built in Washington state

Shield AI’s new X-BAT autonomous fighter jet is designed to take off and land vertically. Traditional military air operations rely heavily on fixed, vulnerable targets: long concrete runways and aircraft carriers. Shield AI’s new X-BAT autonomous fighter jet is designed to bypass that infrastructure entirely, utilizing a vertical takeoff mechanism and a mobile launch trailer that can operate from highways, remote outposts or standard cargo ships.