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Unmanned VTOL fighter plane design with 2,000-mile range unveiled, can conduct attack missions

A San Diego-based company has unveiled a vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) fighter jet platform. Shield AI’s new concept is ...

Students apply real-world engineering for aerospace, defense at WSU

Weber State University offers hands-on internships, giving students significant ownership of externally funded, real-world ...

XTI Aerospace and Valkyrie AI Announce Vanguard Platform Advancing TriFan 600 Next-Generation VTOL Aircraft for Commercial and Defense Applications

XTIA], advancing scalable vertical flight technologies, and Valkyrie Sciences ("Valkyrie"), a leader in enterprise solutions ...
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Shield AI Unveils High-End, VTOL Collaborative Combat Aircraft

Shield AI, the software-focused company known for its widely used Hivemind autonomy system, plans to enter into the world of high-end aircraft development with an uncrewed fighter it calls X-BAT.
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EU Funds Slovakian Hydrogen VTOL Project

A Slovakian-led H2 VTOL project plans to develop a hydrogen-powered VTOL aircraft. Credit: Tomark Proton A Slovakian-led research project to develop a hydrogen-powered vertical-takeoff-and-landing ...