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Could The X-BAT Stealth Fighter Drone Change The Air Combat Game?

We talk with Armor Harris, the chief designer of X-BAT, about its GE engine, thrust-vectoring controls, Hivemind AI 'pilot' and forthcoming flight-test plans. The post Could The X-BAT Stealth Fighter Drone Change The Air Combat Game? appeared first on The War Zone.

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