Aerial autonomy

Shield AI

Shield AI develops the Hivemind autonomy platform and aircraft including V-BAT. Its offering combines mission software, aircraft and simulation, with system-specific evidence needed to assess operation in degraded communications environments.

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Shield AI — official portfolio and company information

Shield AI · Publication date not disclosed · Source accessed 2026-09-28

Official page read during live research; confirms identity and listed offering. Performance language remains a company claim.

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Portfolio layers

Hivemind is the software platform; V-BAT and X-BAT are aircraft programs. The company also presents synthetic-reality simulation as part of its portfolio.

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Shield AI — official portfolio and company information

Shield AI · Publication date not disclosed · Source accessed 2026-09-28

Official page read during live research; confirms identity and listed offering. Performance language remains a company claim.

Configuration boundary

An autonomy demonstration applies to its tested aircraft, software and mission. It should not become a capability claim for every platform carrying the brand.

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Shield AI — official portfolio and company information

Shield AI · Publication date not disclosed · Source accessed 2026-09-28

Official page read during live research; confirms identity and listed offering. Performance language remains a company claim.

Procurement context

Published programs describe intended applications and partnerships. Buyers need the relevant configuration, test evidence and support agreement before treating a program as commercially ready.

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Shield AI — official portfolio and company information

Shield AI · Publication date not disclosed · Source accessed 2026-09-28

Official page read during live research; confirms identity and listed offering. Performance language remains a company claim.

Identity & commercial status

Organization
Shield AI
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Shield AI — official portfolio and company information

Shield AI · Publication date not disclosed · Source accessed 2026-09-28

Official page read during live research; confirms identity and listed offering. Performance language remains a company claim.

Headquarters
Not publicly disclosed
Founded
Not publicly disclosed
Company status
Not publicly disclosed
Category
Aerial autonomy
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Sources 1
Shield AI — official portfolio and company information

Shield AI · Publication date not disclosed · Source accessed 2026-09-28

Official page read during live research; confirms identity and listed offering. Performance language remains a company claim.

Product status
Not publicly disclosed
Commercial availability
Not publicly disclosed

Funding & valuation

Funding events
Not publicly disclosed
Valuation
Not publicly disclosed

Partnerships & access

Partnerships
Not publicly disclosed
Access model
Sales inquiry
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Sources 1
Shield AI — official portfolio and company information

Shield AI · Publication date not disclosed · Source accessed 2026-09-28

Official page read during live research; confirms identity and listed offering. Performance language remains a company claim.

Additional disclosed fields

Autonomy platform
Hivemind
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Sources 1
Shield AI — official portfolio and company information

Shield AI · Publication date not disclosed · Source accessed 2026-09-28

Official page read during live research; confirms identity and listed offering. Performance language remains a company claim.

Aircraft programs
V-BAT; X-BAT
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Sources 1
Shield AI — official portfolio and company information

Shield AI · Publication date not disclosed · Source accessed 2026-09-28

Official page read during live research; confirms identity and listed offering. Performance language remains a company claim.

Simulation offering
Aechelon synthetic reality
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Sources 1
Shield AI — official portfolio and company information

Shield AI · Publication date not disclosed · Source accessed 2026-09-28

Official page read during live research; confirms identity and listed offering. Performance language remains a company claim.

Stated operating focus
Mission autonomy with degraded communications
Company claimReviewed
Sources 1
Shield AI — official portfolio and company information

Shield AI · Publication date not disclosed · Source accessed 2026-09-28

Official page read during live research; confirms identity and listed offering. Performance language remains a company claim.

What this evidence does not establish

  • No targeting or operational-performance assessment is provided.
  • Aircraft program announcements do not establish delivery or deployment maturity.
  • Graph coverage is incomplete: the named offering lacks an approved, independently researched product or model route. Retained as a research draft until the entity relationship requirement is met.

Relationships & deployments

Related reading is an editorial crosslink. Sourced connections describe relationships reported in the cited material. A link to a versioned profile does not establish compatibility with that version unless the connection note explicitly identifies it.

Record history & verified changes

A research review records when we checked a source. It does not mark a product launch or a new deployment.

Initial reviewed record. No subsequent field change has been recorded.

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Sources & evidence

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Shield AI — official portfolio and company information

Shield AI · Official spec · Publication date not disclosed · Source accessed 2026-09-28

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Official page read during live research; confirms identity and listed offering. Performance language remains a company claim.