SAN DIEGO, California. General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) conducted a test flight of its MQ-20 Avenger uncrewed jet on June 11, executing a simulated autonomous missile engagement using government reference autonomy software, the company announced in a statement.

At SOF Week 2025, Heath Niemi, vice president of Strategic Engagement at Shield AI, highlights the capabilities of the V-BAT tactical uncrewed aerial system - a Group 3 vertical take off and landing (VTOL) uncrewed aerial system (UAS) equipped with Shield AI’s proprietary Hivemind autonomous pilot software.

WASHINGTON, D.C. Shield AI acquired the Data Driven Readiness (DDR) software toolset from Crowdbotics to enhance its artificial intelligence-enabled autonomy products, the company announced in a statement.

NATIONAL HARBOR, Maryland. Shield AI is showcasing its ViDAR (Visual Detection and Ranging) technology at the Navy League's Sea-Air-Space symposium this week, highlighting advanced passive wide area search capabilities for maritime and land surveillance applications.

WASHINGTON, D.C. Shield AI delivered its first ViDAR (Visual Detection and Ranging) payloads to NAVAIR’s Program Office for Small Tactical Unmanned Aircraft Systems (PMA-263), where they will be fielded by the U.S. Marine Corps, the company announced in a statement.

MCLEAN, Virginia. Booz Allen Hamilton and Shield AI announced a partnership to integrate AI-enabled autonomy into uncrewed systems for the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), the companies announced in a statement.

WASHINGTON, D.C. Shield AI’s V-BAT uncrewed aerial system (UAS) has been chosen by the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) as its first maritime-based intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) platform, the company announced in a statement.