Shield AI and Honeywell sign autonomous-aircraft MOU

Jul 22, 2026 · Partnership · Shield AI · Defense

Shield AI and Honeywell signed a memorandum of understanding to explore cooperation on autonomous-aircraft development.

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  • The agreement is an exploratory memorandum of understanding.
  • The scope covers potential autonomous-aircraft development work.
  • The collaboration remains at the memorandum-of-understanding stage.

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.