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US Army Readies Gray Eagle Replacement Race for a Drone That Needs No Runway
The US Army is preparing an RFP for its Group 4+ S/VTOL drone, the planned Gray Eagle replacement. Leaders frame it as…
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US Army Trains Soldiers on LUCAS Kamikaze Drones to Strike Warships and Iskander Launchers
Army commanders used AUSA to explain how LUCAS kamikaze drones will be employed. The 7th Infantry Division trains soldiers to launch them…
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Taiwan’s SeaShark USVs Autonomously Track and Escort Intruder Under Shield AI Hivemind
A SeaShark 600 and SeaShark 800 running Shield AI’s Hivemind split a patrol zone at Taiwan’s Dapeng Bay, fused radar and AIS…
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AeroVironment and Taiwan’s Thunder Tiger Study Multi-Round Switchblade Launcher for USVs
AeroVironment and Taiwan’s Thunder Tiger signed an MOU at AUSA 2026 to study a launcher carrying multiple Switchblade rounds on a Thunder…
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Honeywell Flies Its First Autonomous Aircraft in Six Weeks on Shield AI Hivemind
Honeywell Aerospace flew its first autonomous aircraft six weeks after starting Shield AI Hivemind training, against a 54-week internal estimate. On October…
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Taiwan Coast Guard Receives First Shield AI V-BAT VTOL Drones for Shipborne ISR
Taiwan’s Coast Guard Administration has received its first Shield AI V-BAT drones, the opening deliveries of a 12-aircraft Shipborne UAV order won…
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Booz Allen to Put a Hivemind AI Co-Pilot on PDW Attack Drones in 2027
Performance Drone Works will offer Booz Allen’s Hivemind-powered mission autonomy on its AM attritable drone from Q1 2027, alongside secure fleet-wide over-the-air…
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Poland Eyes F110 Engine MRO for Shield AI’s X-BAT Before First Flight
GE Aerospace, Shield AI and Polish state-owned WZL-2 will study an in-country MRO line for the F110 engine and AVEN thrust-vectoring nozzle…
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US Navy Adds $150M to Shield AI X-BAT, the AI Fighter That Needs No Runway
A $150 million U.S. Navy award, funded by the Pentagon’s Defense Exportability Features program and matched by Shield AI, lifts announced commitments…
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Shield AI Hivemind to Power Australia’s OWL-B Loitering Munition
Shield AI will integrate Hivemind autonomy on Innovaero’s OWL loitering munitions under an MoU announced at Land Forces 2026. Already installed on…