Shield AI and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd., complete autonomous flight tests in under 60 days
Evidence notes
- Shield AI and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries completed autonomous flight tests after integrating Hivemind on the ARMD platform in under 60 days.
- Two aircraft demonstrated reinforcement-learning behaviours and coordinated motion while tracking a virtual vehicle.
- The programme moved from software-in-the-loop to hardware-in-the-loop testing in under two weeks.
Company context
Shield AI builds autonomy software and unmanned aircraft systems for defence and allied operations. Its stack includes the Hivemind autonomy platform and aircraft such as V-BAT and X-BAT. The company focuses on autonomous mission execution in contested and degraded environments.