{"id":24756,"date":"2026-03-13T12:32:56","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T10:32:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/?p=24756"},"modified":"2026-03-13T12:33:33","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T10:33:33","slug":"shield-ai-integration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/en\/2026\/03\/shield-ai-integration\/","title":{"rendered":"American Shield AI to equip Ukrainian drones with autonomy system"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">American defence company Shield AI is <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/shieldaitech\/status\/2032108802015694861?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">partnering <\/a>with a Ukrainian drone manufacturer to integrate its Hivemind autonomy system into the latter&#8217;s unmanned aerial vehicles. The Ukrainian company&#8217;s name has not been disclosed; the partnership was established through the Brave1 cluster.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hivemind is <a href=\"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/en\/tags\/shield-ai\/\">Shield AI<\/a>&#8216;s core product. The AI-based software enables UAVs to carry out complex missions in GPS- and communications-denied environments. It also allows drones to operate as a swarm to achieve mission objectives. The <a href=\"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/en\/tags\/autonomy\/\">autonomy <\/a>software is used in Shield AI&#8217;s own UAVs:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The V-BAT reconnaissance drone, which is already deployed in Ukraine;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The X-BAT fighter jet, flight testing of which is set to begin in the United States later this year.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Shield AI was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in San Diego. According to Bloomberg, the company is in talks to raise $1 billion in investment, which could value it at $12 billion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since 2025, Shield AI has maintained a representative office in Ukraine, led by Nataliia Chervona. Defender Media previously reported that Shield AI had begun collaborating with Ukrainian startup Iron Belly, which manufactures strike drones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-text-align-left wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/en\/2025\/10\/chervona-management-director-shieldai\/\"><strong>Read more<\/strong>: Nataliia Chervona has been appointed head of the Ukrainian office of Shield AI<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shield AI had previously begun collaborating with Ukrainian startup Iron Belly<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":24752,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"pmpro_default_level":"","_featured_category_order":0,"_article_badge":"featured","footnotes":""},"categories":[28,28],"tags":[270,1613,1444],"class_list":["post-24756","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ecosystem","tag-ai","tag-autonomy","tag-shield-ai","pmpro-has-access"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Shield AI to equip Ukrainian drones with autonomy system<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Shield AI is partnering with a Ukrainian manufacturer to integrate its Hivemind autonomy system. 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