The RCAF's Next Generation Fighter (CF-188 Replacement)

[Kirkhill]

Britain and Japan agree to speed up GCAP fighter programme as part of wider technology and security partnership

Britain and Japan pledged on Sunday to accelerate progress on the Global Combat Air Programme, the next-generation fighter jet project at the centre of their defence cooperation.

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If wonder if Starmer and Reeves have got the message?

Signing up with GCAP. Arresting shadow tankers. Will it continue past the Makerfield election?

 

[Kirkhill]

Shield AI brings its runway-free autonomous fighter jet to Eurosatory

Shield AI, the San Diego-based defense technology company that has been supplying AI piloting software to U.S. military aircraft since 2019, is showcasing X-BAT at Eurosatory 2026. Eurosatory 2026, a major international defence and security exhibition held in Paris from

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Runway free.

50,000 ft ceiling
3700 km range at max payload
Payload comparable to the F35
Unit price point of 27 MUSD or about one quarter of an F35 and no pilot or runway.

Stowage footprint - 3 X-Bats in the footprint of an F35 or F18.