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The Gambit Series is being presented as a scalable path for collaborative combat aircraft, with its developer positioning the family to counter current threats and address future challenges. The announcement offers no details on aircraft variants, capabilities, customers or delivery timelines.
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The Gambit Series is being presented as a scalable path for collaborative combat aircraft, with its developer positioning the family to counter current threats and address future challenges. The announcement offers no details on aircraft variants, capabilities, customers or delivery timelines.
Shield AI is planning to raise at least $1 billion to finance production of its latest autonomous fighter jet, CEO Gary Steele said. The company is also considering more mergers and acquisitions, signaling a push to scale both its manufacturing capacity and its broader business.
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Saab says its AI agents, trained for a range of air-combat tasks, have flown aboard the Gripen E and controlled the fighter in beyond-visual-range scenarios. The company is pursuing agents for crewed and uncrewed aircraft, with potential operational deployment within months; separately, Saab and GA-ASI tested an airborne early-warning system on an MQ-9B.
United Airlines is deploying defensive artificial intelligence and strengthening cybersecurity operations as it expands in-flight Wi-Fi connectivity across its fleet, CISO Deneen DeFiore said. The rollout is expected to reach the entire fleet by the end of 2027; the report does not specify the AI systems or cybersecurity measures involved.
Shield AI is developing the X-Bat, a vertical-landing combat aircraft, under the leadership of a former SpaceX engineer. The project places the company among efforts to shape next-generation combat aviation, where autonomous operations and unconventional aircraft configurations are emerging features of future fighter concepts.
The military has deployed high-energy laser weapons around President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida, as part of a counter-drone shield requested by the Secret Service. The deployment is a security application of directed-energy weapons against unmanned aircraft.
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