Shield AI's Hivemind flies MQ-20 Avenger autonomously at Orange Flag

Mar 4, 2025 · Demonstration · Shield AI · Defense

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  • Hivemind autonomously flew an MQ-20 Avenger during the Orange Flag exercise.
  • The flight tested mission autonomy in a collaborative operational experiment.

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.