X-BAT, world’s first AI-piloted fighter jet with vertical takeoff and landing takes shape as Shield AI joins the US defense industry complex

BAT, the first autonomous vertical takeoff and landing fighter jet. This jet can operate without runways, enhancing ...

Shield AI shows off not-at-all-terrifying autonomous VTOL combat drone

X-BAT is designed as a tail-sitter like the infamous Convair XFY-1 Pogo, taking off and landing vertically, before leveling ...
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Shield AI unveils X-BAT autonomous vertical takeoff fighter jet

Shield AI's unmanned X-BAT flies using an autonomous core that could allow it to be a drone wingman and team up with a crewed ...
AeroTime

NASA X-59 completes first flight in pursuit of boomless supersonic travel: video

NASA and Lockheed Martin Skunk Works have successfully flown the X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft for the first time ...
Aviation Week Network

NASA’s X-59 Quiet Supersonic Research Aircraft Makes First Flight

Flown by NASA X-59 lead pilot Nils Larson, the much-anticipated first flight of the Lockheed Martin-built aircraft began at 8 ...
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NASA’s X-59 QueSST Conducts Maiden Flight

After some scrubbed attempts, NASA’s X-59 QueSST flew for the first time from Air Force Plant 42 in Palmdale on Oct. 28, 2025 ...
FlightGlobal

NASA and Lockheed Martin achieve first flight of X-59 quiet supersonic demonstrator

NASA and Lockheed Martin's X-59 supersonic demonstrator has completed its maiden flight from Palmdale, California, marking a ...
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X-59 Debut Could Launch New Era for Commercial Aviation

The X-59 is the cornerstone of NASA’s Quiet SuperSonic Technology (QUESST) program, which launched in 2016. At the time, the ...
The Florida Times-Union

Adventure Landing closes after 30 years in Jacksonville Beach

Adventure Landing waterpark has been in Jacksonville Beach for 30 years. The park closed this week, canceling its popular Haunt Nights Halloween attraction. After 30 years of thrills, the Adventure ...
Richmond BizSense

Bank of America now controls half of all local deposits in latest FDIC rankings

It marks the first time any bank has eclipsed 50% market share for local deposits in at least the last 30 years, which is as ...
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Adventure Landing announces permanent closure after 30 years of bringing family fun to Jacksonville Beach

JACKSONVILLE BEACH, Fla. – Adventure Landing announced on Wednesday it has permanently closed its doors after 30 years of bringing family fun to Jacksonville Beach. Adventure Landing’s management said ...
Digital Trends

Watch these cool tracking shots of SpaceX’s Starship landing on water

SpaceX launched and landed both sections of its enormous Starship rocket on Monday. The 11th flight test of the most powerful rocket ever built saw both the first-stage Super Heavy booster and the ...