President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced that Ukraine expects to receive 150 Gripen fighter jets, with the first aircraft set to arrive next year, according to the president’s statement. Zelenskyy said that together with Sweden,

A scale model, not a production model, was unveiled by Shield AI. Still, the company noted that the aircraft will utilize a jet engine with an afterburner and thrust vectoring nozzle to achieve a maneuver load factor of over 4G. The X-BAT utilizes a blended wing and body design with a 39-foot wingspan.

The Swedish warplanes are well suited to the rugged combat operations Ukraine will have to carry out, experts say.

New NATO member Sweden has said it is willing to sell Ukraine up to 150 of its most advanced fighter jets, the first offer from a member of the alliance to supply significant numbers of jets to Kyiv,

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 fighter.

Ukrainian and Swedish officials announced Oct. 22 the signing of a letter of intent for the export of up to 150 aircraft jets to Kyiv, which could provide the war-torn country with an advantage against a wide range of electronic-warfare and missile threats.

Shield AI’s new unmanned, vertical-takeoff-and-landing fighter jet concept is designed to be a drone wingman or a standalone aircraft, marking the latest autonomous aircraft announcement by defense companies in recent weeks.

BAT, a jet-powered vertical takeoff and landing autonomous fighter with 2,000-nm range, pushing the U\S military’s AI airpower ambitions.

Swedish defence group Saab can meet demand for its Gripen fighter jets even if a landmark deal for up to 150 planes to Ukraine becomes reality, the defence group's CEO said on Friday.

China’s newest aircraft carrier may only be able to conduct air operations at about 60% the rate of a 50-year-old US Navy carrier, two former US carrier officers say, a substantial combat limitation for a vessel meant to revolutionize Beijing’s fleet.

Sweden has signed a letter of intent to send at least 100 Gripen fighter jets to Ukraine over the next decade.