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Shield AI Autonomy for the world. Shield AI is a venture-backed defense-tech company building the world’s best AI pilots and next-generation aircraft.

Our mission is to protect service members and civilians with intelligent systems.

AUSA 2026. We covered X-BAT for Army long-range fires and deep sensing, V-BAT on the Army UAS Marketplace, Hivemind for ...
10/16/2026

AUSA 2026.

We covered X-BAT for Army long-range fires and deep sensing, V-BAT on the Army UAS Marketplace, Hivemind for mission autonomy, and Aechelon for simulation and training. The Army wants to see farther and strike farther. So do we.

Association of the United States Army - AUSA National

Autonomy for the world. The greatest victory requires no war.

Inside Hivemind’s first maritime teaming mission.In six weeks, two Thunder Tiger SeaSharks moved from integration to liv...
10/15/2026

Inside Hivemind’s first maritime teaming mission.

In six weeks, two Thunder Tiger SeaSharks moved from integration to live sea trials in Taiwan’s Dapeng Bay. Hivemind fused radar and AIS data into one shared track, shifted the vessels from patrol to es**rt, and returned each to its assigned sector without manual repositioning.

The same autonomy architecture coordinated two different SeaShark models, creating a repeatable path to bring Hivemind onto more USVs.

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Autonomy for the world. The greatest victory requires no war.

V-BAT is now with the Taiwan Coast Guard.We delivered the first V-BATs to the Taiwan Coast Guard Administration (CGA) wi...
10/14/2026

V-BAT is now with the Taiwan Coast Guard.

We delivered the first V-BATs to the Taiwan Coast Guard Administration (CGA) with our partner 漢翔公司 AIDC. A total of twelve will arrive in the coming months through the CGA's Shipborne UAV program. V-BAT launches from and lands on ship decks, so CGA crews can run surveillance, coastal patrols, and law enforcement across the Taiwan Strait.

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Autonomy for the world. The greatest victory requires no war.

10/13/2026

Powered by Hivemind: autonomy development reduced from one year to six weeks

Honeywell Aerospace engineers began training on Hivemind Enterprise in late April. Six weeks later, they flew their first autonomous aircraft. Hivemind handled route planning, mission management, and communication between aircraft so the team could focus on its target detection and tracking model.

That work culminated in a two-aircraft ISR mission. Honeywell’s model detected and tracked the target on one aircraft. Hivemind passed the target location to a second aircraft, which delivered a payload and returned to base.

More to come from Shield AI + Honeywell Aerospace!

Autonomy for the world. The greatest victory requires no war.

Gulf nations need to spot drones earlier and keep watch over borders and coastlines far from any runway. Visit us at Mil...
10/13/2026

Gulf nations need to spot drones earlier and keep watch over borders and coastlines far from any runway.

Visit us at Milipol Qatar 2026, Booth T-052, to see V-BAT for runway-independent surveillance, Tracker C-UAS and Vision Systems for drone detection and tracking, and Hivemind for autonomous coordination and faster decisions.

Autonomy for the world. The greatest victory requires no war.

10/12/2026

Building X-BAT sustainment in Poland.

At the Warsaw Security Forum, we signed an MOU with GE Aerospace and Wojskowe Zakłady Lotnicze Nr 2 S.A. to explore in-country maintenance, repair, and overhaul for X-BAT’s F110 engine and AVEN thrust-vectoring nozzle.

The work would build the infrastructure, equipment, and training to keep X-BAT mission-ready on NATO’s eastern flank. Poland gains sustainment capacity at home, while international demand supports the U.S. industrial base behind the aircraft.

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Autonomy for the world. The greatest victory requires no war.

We’re building in Australia, with Australian partners, for missions at home and around the world. At Land Forces 2026 in...
10/09/2026

We’re building in Australia, with Australian partners, for missions at home and around the world.

At Land Forces 2026 in Perth, we showcased V-BAT, Hivemind, Aechelon and Vision Systems, backed by a local team of 100+ that we expect to double over the next year. We also announced our work with Innovaero to bring Hivemind mission autonomy to the Australian-designed OWL-B.

We welcomed leaders from across Defence, Army, government and industry to our booth, including David Nockels, First Assistant Secretary for Defence Trade, Regulations and Industrial Collaboration, and Major General Chris Smith, Deputy Chief of Army. Mark Palmer also took the stage to share lessons from Ukraine and how they apply to Australia’s operating environment.

Autonomy for the world. The greatest victory requires no war.

The U.S. Navy and Shield AI have committed $400 million to advance X-BAT toward flight testing. The Navy’s latest $150 m...
10/08/2026

The U.S. Navy and Shield AI have committed $400 million to advance X-BAT toward flight testing.

The Navy’s latest $150 million modification supports Defense Exportability Features, building exportability and technology protection into X-BAT early in its development. Shield AI is matching that amount.

Along with a separate $50 million Navy and Defense Innovation Unit - DIU action announced in August, the two funding actions total $200 million in government support and $200 million in Shield AI investment.

Shield AI and key suppliers now have 500 engineers building the flight-test aircraft. Flight testing begins this year.

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Autonomy for the world. The greatest victory requires no war.

Greece defends hundreds of islands. Few of them have runways. X-BAT doesn't need one. We signed a strategic agreement wi...
10/08/2026

Greece defends hundreds of islands. Few of them have runways. X-BAT doesn't need one.

We signed a strategic agreement with GEK TERNA Group of Companies, Greece's largest investor in critical infrastructure, to pursue parts production, aircraft integration and long-term sustainment for X-BAT in Greece. Greek companies and engineers would build and run the launch sites, training centers and repair shops that support X-BAT operations.

Built and sustained in Greece, X-BAT could give the Hellenic Armed Forces a fighter they maintain at home and make Greece the place where regional partners train and maintain it.

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Autonomy for the world. The greatest victory requires no war.

10/06/2026

“We sought out the world’s strongest technology, Shield AI’s Hivemind.”

That’s how Thunder Tiger described our partnership after Hivemind completed its first autonomous maritime teaming demonstration aboard two of its USVs. Watch below.

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