Is this present tense or future tense? The story has aspects of both. The company exists, thats present tense. Does the X-Bat exist, has it flown even non-VTOL?

Is this present tense or future tense? The story has aspects of both. The company exists, thats present tense. Does the X-Bat exist, has it flown even non-VTOL? For those who don't know, "Shield" is Martin UAV re-badged, and they flew the V-BAT VTOL in 2023. X comes after V, so in the classic FORTRAN naming model, I expect the real one to be A-BAT or maybe B-BAT