Shield AI

Shield AI was founded to bring the best of AI and autonomy technology to the DoD and our allies to protect service members and civilians.

The lack of software and AI engineering talent from large defense primes presented an opportunity to start fresh and build the aerospace and defense technology company of the 21st century focused on AI pilots.

Our AI and autonomy backbone is leveraged to build and deploy the world’s best AI pilots. Hivemind is the best-in-class autonomy stack for aircraft and is combat tested, safe, modular, and human-directable.

We bring together software, AI, and aerospace engineering disciplines to deploy the most intelligent aviation capabilities in the world.

V-BAT

Combat tested and deployed since 2018, V-BAT flies in a class of its own. It’s the most tactical, most logistically simple VTOL aircraft in the world, capable of executing group 2 to group 5 mission sets. It is the UAS of choice for US and allied forces.

Securing borders, hunting drugs, finding threats. Shield AI’s V-BAT is the future of next-generation UAS. The most tactical, most logistically simple UAS in the world. There’s nothing else like it.

Autonomous read-and-react mission execution with intelligent teams of V-BATs. From forest fire detection, to logistics, maritime domain awareness and penetrating integrated air defense systems, Hivemind for V-BAT teams will revolutionize everything.

V-BAT is designed explicitly for runway and equipment-independent launch and recovery in austere environments with no external support. The aircraft can be transported in the bed of a truck and assembled by two personnel in under 20 minutes, making it a true expeditionary system built for dynamic movement and fluid mission sets.