Hivemind for Operational, Read-and-React Swarming
As part of Shield AI’s work on an AFWERX Strategic Funding Increase (STRATFI) contract, we’ve integrated our autonomy and artificial intelligence stack, Hivemind, onto our vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) […]
A 30-year Adventure: From Working on F/A-18 Avionics to Managing a Global V-BAT Fleet
At Shield AI, we love a good story. Whether it’s a story about one of our teammates going above and beyond to delight a customer or colleague or a story […]
AI for Maneuver: Air Dominance
“AI for Maneuver has the promise to break the paradigm by delivering both quality and quantity: capabilities that don’t just augment human performance, but also scale human performance.”
The Next Era of Aviation – Autonomy and AI Pilots
I will never forget my first conversation with our engineers at Shield AI, where I learned that in three weeks our AI Pilots accumulated the equivalent of 31 years of […]
Why Shield AI? Bob Harward’s Perspective
My good friend, former Secretary of Defense and fellow professional warrior General Jim Mattis said, “America’s military has no pre-ordained right to victory on the battlefield.” The assumption that our military will […]
Tesla Shows Us The Risks When Dominant Incumbents Fail To Be Bold
China’s military is Netflix; the U.S. military is Blockbuster. China is Amazon; the U.S. is Barnes & Noble. China is Tesla; the U.S. is General Motors. People thought the automotive […]
America Must Accelerate, Scale, and Innovate to Win Future Wars
Nikki is an employee at Shield AI and an Army veteran who completed two deployments to Afghanistan and a tour of duty in South Korea. Since transition from the military, […]
AI for Maneuver
We recently had the opportunity to discuss AI for Maneuver with the Secretary of Defense and its role as one of the cornerstones of the DoD’s JADC2 operating concept, along […]
The Challenges of Robotic Perception
What are the primary challenges of robotic perception? The perception challenges we experience as humans are the same types of challenges that robots face when trying to perceive the world. […]
Shield AI Fundamentals: On Perception
What does perception refer to in robotic systems? We’re referring to a robot’s ability to sense the environment around it, process the information that’s coming in from its sensors, and […]
