Shield AI

San Diego,  CA 
United States
  • Booth: 835

Shield AI is a venture-backed defense technology company whose mission is to protect service members and civilians with intelligent systems. In pursuit of this mission, Shield AI is building the world’s best AI pilot. Its AI pilot, Hivemind, has flown a fighter jet (F-16), a vertical takeoff and landing drone (V-BAT), and a quadcopter (Nova). Shield AI’s products and people are currently in the field actively supporting operations with the U.S. Department of Defense and U.S. allies.


 Products

  • Hivemind, V-BAT, and Nova 2
    Hivemind, V-BAT, and Nova 2...

  • Hivemind: Hivemind is an autonomy and artificial intelligence stack for aircraft, designed from the ground up to be multi-role, multi-vehicle. It enables teams of aircraft to maneuver fully autonomously on the edge in high threat, GPS-and-communications-degraded environments.
    V-BAT: Designed explicitly for runway-and-equipment-independent launch and recovery in austere environments with no external support, V-BAT is an innovative VTOL unmanned aircraft that can be transported in the bed of a truck and assembled by two personnel in under 20 minutes.
    Nova 2: Deployed in combat since 2018, Nova 2 is a small autonomous quadcopter that explores inside buildings and subterranean environments to identify threats ahead of clearance forces. It has been lauded as the most mission capable indoor drone by U.S. and allied forces.