Shield AI
About
Founded in 2015, Shield AI is a defense prime contractor working in unmanned systems, air systems, defense software & ai +7 more.
Shield AI is a defense technology company that develops AI pilot software and autonomous aircraft for defense customers. It was founded in 2015 by Ryan Tseng, Andrew Reiter and Brandon Tseng to bring AI and autonomy to the US Department of Defense and allies. Its products include the X-BAT VTOL fighter concept, the V-BAT Group 3 ISR drone, the Hivemind autonomy software, and Vision Systems and ViDAR perception software for ISR and counter-UAS roles. Through its Aechelon subsidiary, the company also offers synthetic reality, radar simulation and flight simulation and training products. Its customers include US military services and several allied armed forces. Hivemind is described as platform-agnostic and commercially dual-use.
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X-BAT
Unmanned VTOL fighter jet
AI-piloted VTOL fighter aircraft designed for air-to-air and air-to-surface missions, operating in teams and in GPS- and comms-denied environments.
V-BAT
Group 3 VTOL ISR drone
Vertical takeoff and landing ISR and targeting UAS with modular payloads, heavy-fuel engine and ship-deployable launch and recovery.
Hivemind
Autonomy software
End-to-end AI pilot software for building and scaling autonomous aircraft, supporting GPS-denied operation and multi-agent teaming.
Vision Systems
Computer vision software
EO/IR perception software for real-time detection, tracking and situational awareness on existing ISR hardware.
Tracker
Moving target indication software
Computer vision and AI software that detects, locates and tracks objects of interest in sensor data for crewed and uncrewed aircraft.
Tracker C-UAS
Counter-UAS sensor software
AI and computer vision system that detects and tracks small drones in EO/IR video without radar or RF emissions.
ViDAR
Wide-area search software
Software that integrates podded and platform sensors to scan wide areas, detect and track objects, and surface prioritized detections.
ViDAR Pod
EO/IR payload
Compact SWaP-optimized payload combining ViDAR software, EO/IR sensor array and onboard processing for Group 3 UAS and rotary-wing aircraft.
Synthetic Reality
Simulation and synthetic environment platform
Image and data generation and real-time synthetic environment platform for simulation, mission rehearsal and AI training across visible, EO/IR, radar and lidar modalities.
Radar Toolkit
Radar simulation software
Real-time airborne and space-based radar simulation for operator training, mission rehearsal and ISTAR, covering SAR, GMTI, ISAR and weather radar.
SkyBeam
Geospatial terrain data service
Continuous geospatial terrain data updates using AI automation across SAR, EO and UAS/ISR video sources.
Benchmark
Pilot training analytics software
Software that evaluates, scores and visualizes pilot flight performance for training debriefs and readiness analysis.
Nexus
Secure storage system
Multi-Level Security storage with on-the-fly encryption for simulation, mission rehearsal and visualization data.
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ISO 9001