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Shield AI Successfully Demonstrates Autonomous Teaming Of V-BAT UAS, Says Technology Ready To Deploy

By Cal Biesecker

Wednesday, August 30th, 2023

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Shield AI Successfully Demonstrates Autonomous Teaming Of V-BAT UAS, Says Technology Ready To Deploy

Shield AI demonstrates AI-piloted, teaming V-BATs with AFWERX. Photo: Shield AI

Technology startup Shield AI on Wednesday said that it has successfully demonstrated its autonomous piloting technology in a teaming arrangement aboard three of the company’s unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) and that the technology will be ready to deploy in 2024. The use of the Hivemind artificial intelligence pilot aboard three V-BAT UAS for the autonomous teaming demonstration was the final milestone under a contract with the Air Force Research Laboratory’s AFWERX innovation arm and signifies that the vertical take-off-and-landing drones…

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