:

Unmanned Systems

Shield AI, Destinus Demonstrating Collaborative Autonomy Between Drones For Use In Ukraine

By Cal Biesecker

Monday, June 15th, 2026

SHARE:

Shield AI, Destinus Demonstrating Collaborative Autonomy Between Drones For Use In Ukraine

Destinus is developing a third iteration of its Ruta cruise missile. Image: Destinus

Shield AI and Dutch defense company Destinus have been flight-testing autonomous collaboration and mission planning capabilities between different drones in preparation for additional testing in Ukraine with a strike platform, Shield AI said on Monday. The testing and integration so far have included installing Shield AI’s Hivemind autonomy solution on the Destinus fixed-wing Hornet drone to give it the ability to collaborate with Shield’s V-BAT unmanned aircraft system (UAS), which also includes Hivemind, to prove out surveillance, targeting and communications…

HII Executive Outlines Its Shipbuilding Acceleration Strategy

An HII [HII] shipbuilding executive last week told lawmakers how the company plans to improve and accelerate shipbuilding throughout via workforce improvements, adding new shipbuilding infrastructure and reinforcing distributed shipbuilding […]

Congress

House Sends Dec. 11 CR With Ship Construction Funds To Trump’s Desk For Final Signature

The House on Tuesday passed a stopgap funding bill to keep the government open through Dec. 11, sending the temporary funding measure that also includes funds to support ongoing shipbuilding […]

Missile Defense

Guetlein On Golden Dome: ‘We Cannot Protect This Nation And Bankrupt It At The Same Time’

While there has been criticism among missile defense advocates of Golden Dome’s development pace after the signing of an executive order in January last year, Space Force Gen. Michael Guetlein, […]

Missile Defense

Interview with Rep. Jeff Crank (R-Colo.), co-chair of the Golden Dome Caucus

Rep. Jeff Crank (R-Colo.), a co-chair of the Golden Dome Caucus in Congress and a member of the House Armed Services Committee’s strategic forces panel, discusses the transformative defense investments […]