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Shield AI Raises Another $200 Million In Funding To Scale V-BAT Teams, Integrate With Other UAS

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, October 31st, 2023

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Shield AI Raises Another $200 Million In Funding To Scale V-BAT Teams, Integrate With Other UAS

V-BAT photo by Shield AI.

Shield AI on Tuesday said it has raised another $200 million in venture capital for scaling and deploying the company's new autonomous piloting software aboard the company’s V-BAT unmanned aircraft system (UAS) to enable the drones to fly in teams. The new Series F funding will also accelerate integration of the artificial intelligence-based Hivemind autonomous piloting software with third-party uncrewed platforms, Shield AI said. In June, the company said it has worked with Kratos Defense & Security Solutions [KTOS] to…

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