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Brandon Tseng

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1588 total appearances

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The Shawn Ryan Show
#247 Brandon Tseng – Shield AI’s X-BAT: The First AI Fighter Jet to Outsmart Top Gun

Let's do it.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#247 Brandon Tseng – Shield AI’s X-BAT: The First AI Fighter Jet to Outsmart Top Gun

It's actually a scaled model.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#247 Brandon Tseng – Shield AI’s X-BAT: The First AI Fighter Jet to Outsmart Top Gun

Believe it or not, this is only two-thirds the actual size to get it into trade shows and events.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#247 Brandon Tseng – Shield AI’s X-BAT: The First AI Fighter Jet to Outsmart Top Gun

We are limited in terms of, like, the actual size.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#247 Brandon Tseng – Shield AI’s X-BAT: The First AI Fighter Jet to Outsmart Top Gun

But, yeah, this is the aircraft that we are building currently.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#247 Brandon Tseng – Shield AI’s X-BAT: The First AI Fighter Jet to Outsmart Top Gun

But, yeah, this is our model that we take to events, help people understand what we're building, the capabilities, and, you know, gives them something visually to look at.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#247 Brandon Tseng – Shield AI’s X-BAT: The First AI Fighter Jet to Outsmart Top Gun

But, yeah, I don't know.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#247 Brandon Tseng – Shield AI’s X-BAT: The First AI Fighter Jet to Outsmart Top Gun

This is actually my first time seeing it physically.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#247 Brandon Tseng – Shield AI’s X-BAT: The First AI Fighter Jet to Outsmart Top Gun

I've only seen it in the photos from our team.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#247 Brandon Tseng – Shield AI’s X-BAT: The First AI Fighter Jet to Outsmart Top Gun

And, no, it's – look, I've told you I've been doing this now for 10 years.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#247 Brandon Tseng – Shield AI’s X-BAT: The First AI Fighter Jet to Outsmart Top Gun

You get –

The Shawn Ryan Show
#247 Brandon Tseng – Shield AI’s X-BAT: The First AI Fighter Jet to Outsmart Top Gun

it's hard hard work right but i think this is like i get inspired by this thing like i i'm fired up to build this thing i'm fired up to make it a reality for the warfighter i think the capability is it is absolutely strategic it's going to make a huge impact and it's like who who gets to work at the intersection of ai pilots and fighter aircraft and actually build an ai pilot fighter aircraft that doesn't require a runway so that's cool not very many people yeah but uh so

The Shawn Ryan Show
#247 Brandon Tseng – Shield AI’s X-BAT: The First AI Fighter Jet to Outsmart Top Gun

So basically, this thing can carry the same thing, same amount of payload as an F-18, F-35.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#247 Brandon Tseng – Shield AI’s X-BAT: The First AI Fighter Jet to Outsmart Top Gun

It's carrying four AMRAAMs internal.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#247 Brandon Tseng – Shield AI’s X-BAT: The First AI Fighter Jet to Outsmart Top Gun

It's got two AMRAAMs.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#247 Brandon Tseng – Shield AI’s X-BAT: The First AI Fighter Jet to Outsmart Top Gun

A medium range air-to-air missile.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#247 Brandon Tseng – Shield AI’s X-BAT: The First AI Fighter Jet to Outsmart Top Gun

So...

The Shawn Ryan Show
#247 Brandon Tseng – Shield AI’s X-BAT: The First AI Fighter Jet to Outsmart Top Gun

So multi-role, it can be for air-to-air missions, air-to-ground missions, air-to-surface missions.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#247 Brandon Tseng – Shield AI’s X-BAT: The First AI Fighter Jet to Outsmart Top Gun

It can be used for electronic warfare missions.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#247 Brandon Tseng – Shield AI’s X-BAT: The First AI Fighter Jet to Outsmart Top Gun

It is, yeah, it's an incredible aircraft.