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Shield AI, Sentient Partner On Maritime Radar For V-BAT UAS

By Cal Biesecker

Monday, October 23rd, 2023

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Shield AI, Sentient Partner On Maritime Radar For V-BAT UAS

V-BAT photo by Shield AI.

Shield AI and its Australian partner Sentient Vision Systems on Monday said the two companies have signed a multi-year agreement for the supply of Sentient’s artificial intelligence-enabled wide area motion imagery sensor aboard Shield AI’s V-BAT autonomous drones to automatically detect targets not visible to operators or typical radar. Sentient will begin delivering to Shield AI in 2024 its visual detection and ranging (ViDAR) system, which uses an electro-optic or infrared sensor. The ViDAR autonomously finds potential targets in the…

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