Jim Salter

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In October 2025, Shield AI unveiled X-BAT, an AI-piloted, vertical takeoff and landing fighter jet.
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This photo shared by Indian Ministry of Railways on X shows India's first indigenously built hydrogen-powered train named the “NaMo Green Rail,” at Jind, in the Indian state of Haryana, Thursday, July 16, 2026.
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