A San Diego defense technology company unveiled an artificial intelligence-piloted fighter jet Tuesday that can take off vertically without runways, accelerating the Pentagon's push toward a future where autonomous drones fly combat missions alongside human pilots.

Two California-based naval aircraft crashed Sunday while conducting “routine operations” in the South China Sea, military officials said. A U.S. Navy MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter, assigned to Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron 73 (HSM-73) of Naval Air Station North Island in Coronado,

The aircraft had taken off from the USS Nimitz and crashed into the South China Sea within 30 minutes of each other.

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A helicopter and a fighter jet went down in separate incidents while operating from a U.S. aircraft carrier on Sunday, the Navy said. The crews were rescued.

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A U.S. helicopter and fighter jet crashed in the contested waters within an hour of one another during routine operations from the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz, the Pacific Fleet had said. President Donald Trump later said “bad fuel” was believed to be the reason the two aircraft went down.

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A US fighter jet and a helicopter crashed into the South China Sea within 30 minutes of each other on Sunday. The F/A-18F Super Hornet and MH-60R Seahawk helicopter, both based off the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz, went down in separate incidents while “conducting routine operations”, said the US navy’s Pacific Fleet.