V-BAT selected by Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force
Evidence notes
- Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force selected Shield AI's V-BAT as its first maritime ISR platform.
- The selection placed V-BAT in a named naval operator setting rather than a generic defense demonstration.
- The award expanded V-BAT's Asia-Pacific defense customer base for shipborne and expeditionary intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions.
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.