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Shield AI

Shield AI

Founded by Gary Steele in 2015

Operate autonomous defense aircraft and swarms without relying on GPS or communications

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You can use Shield AI to fly military aircraft and drones autonomously in environments without GPS or communication links. It provides self-driving software called Hivemind that executes tactical flight maneuvers and manages swarms of uncrewed systems. The company also builds vertical takeoff aircraft designed for surveillance, reconnaissance, and targeting in remote areas. Defense operators and flight crews use its systems to coordinate multi-aircraft missions, run realistic flight simulations, and operate robotic aircraft safely alongside human pilots during contested military operations in the field.

What Shield AI does

Fly autonomous flight paths in contested airspacesDetect and track targets using onboard sensorsExecute tactical maneuvers against adversary aircraftSimulate combat scenarios in synthetic virtual realityLaunch and recover uncrewed aircraft without a runwayCoordinate multi-drone teaming behaviors automaticallyOperates aircraft autonomously without GPS connectivity or satellite communicationsExecutes complex tactical flight maneuvers and dogfighting against human pilotsCoordinates groups of uncrewed drones to act in coordinated swarmsProvides synthetic flight simulation for mission rehearsal and testingDeploys on vertical takeoff and landing aircraft without requiring runwaysConnects with military aircraft architectures and standard hardware interfaces

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