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Colorado-based defense company SkyDefense has introduced CobraJet, an AI-controlled vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) aircraft designed to detect, identify, track, and destroy hostile drones at speed. The autonomous multirole jet targets the growing threat that unmanned systems pose to critical infrastructure, borders, airports, military bases, and public venues.
Inside the CobraJet Lineup
The aircraft comes in five trijet variants (V4, V6, V8, V10, and VT10), all built around a 3D printed carbon-fiber modular core the company calls the “nucleus.” VTOL capability and thrust-vectoring nozzles give the platform the agility to chase down fast, evasive targets, while onboard air-to-air weapons let a single aircraft engage multiple drones per sortie.
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