Shield AI expands Taiwan Hivemind contract after three-UAV swarm exercise
Shield AI and Taiwan's NCSIST completed a coordinated autonomous search exercise with three Mighty Hornet III UAVs, leading to a significant expansion of their Hivemind contract.
Evidence notes
- NCSIST engineers developed AI pilots and implemented them on three locally produced Mighty Hornet III aircraft in less than three months with Shield AI support.
- Hivemind launched the aircraft, assigned separate search sectors, coordinated communications around a partial no-fly zone and landed all three autonomously.
- The demonstration completed the initial NCSIST contract and expanded the partnership to broader sovereign-AI and autonomy development across the institute.
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.