Shield Ai

Shield AI is a defense technology company in the United States that builds AI pilots and unmanned aircraft. Its mission is to protect service members and civilians with intelligent systems.

The company was founded in 2015. One of its co-founders served as a Navy SEAL and saw first hand where intelligent autonomy could have saved lives. That led the company to focus on autonomous pilots that could power military aircraft, drones, ships, satellites and submarines.

Hivemind is its main software. It is an autonomy stack for aircraft that is combat tested, safe, modular and human directable. Hivemind has flown an MQ-20 Avenger, using some interfaces that follow the Autonomy Government Reference Architecture. The company also ran dual-ship autonomy tests with Kratos MQM-178 Firejet drones. It enabled the X-62 VISTA to fly tactical maneuvers on its own against human pilots. Hivemind also powers teaming drones.

Shield AI builds its own aircraft too. The V-BAT is made for intelligence, surveillance and targeting in electronic warfare settings. The X-BAT is a newer aircraft that the company describes with the line Earth is our runway.

Aechelon is the company's synthetic reality and simulation platform. Its solutions cover flight simulation and training, geo-specific visualization and machine training for AI and ML. It also runs Project Orbion. Aechelon products include geo-specific databases, PC-Nova, Nexus, a radar toolkit and SkyBeam. Shield AI also offers vision systems.

Mission autonomy is another focus. In contested and degraded environments, platforms can lose communications, manual control falters and operators can be overwhelmed. The company says autonomy keeps the mission going in those conditions.

Shield AI brings AI and autonomy technology to the US defense department and its allies.

Services

• Hivemind autonomy software
• V-BAT unmanned aircraft
• X-BAT aircraft
• Aechelon simulation
• Flight simulation and training
• Geo-specific visualization
• Machine training (AI/ML)
• Vision systems
• Mission autonomy