Brandon Tseng’s Statement for U.S. House Armed Services Committee on Fielding Technology & Innovation
Written Statement:Brandon Tseng, President and Co-FounderShield AISeptember 16, 2024 Watch the entire U.S. House Armed Services Committee hearing here. Chairman Rogers, Ranking Member Smith, and HASC members: Intro and Background Thank you for hosting this fielding hearing on acquisition. The legislative work you are doing is vital, and I appreciate your consideration and swift action. […]
Navy Partners with Shield AI to Enhance Autonomy in Naval Aviation
A BQM-177 aerial target conducts test flight from China Lake, Calif. The Navy integrating artificial intelligence software into the BQM-177 to test capability for future autonomous operations. The BQM-177 replicates modern subsonic anti-ship cruise missile threats launched from air, land, surface and subsurface to test the effectiveness of shipboard air defense systems and used for […]
Shield AI Achieves Groundbreaking Collaborative Multi-Jet Aircraft Autonomy in Kratos MQM-178 Firejet Flight Test Event
SAN DIEGO (August 21, 2024) – Shield AI, Inc., the technology company building the world’s best AI pilot, completed a major milestone on the path towards its overarching goal of providing autonomy for the world by successfully demonstrating its first-ever multi-jet autonomy flights on two Kratos MQM-178 Firejets. The flight tests featured two autonomous agents piloted […]
Shield AI Awarded Contract to Integrate Hivemind AI Pilot onto eighth aircraft: the Kratos BQM-177A
Kratos BQM-177A, courtesy of the United States Navy. SAN DIEGO (March 12, 2024) – Shield AI, the defense technology company building the world’s best AI pilot, today announced it has been awarded a contract from NAVAIR PMA-281 to integrate its AI Pilot onto the Kratos BQM-177A to enable advanced AI-based autonomy. Shield AI will work […]
Shield AI’s V-BAT Selected for $198 Million Contract to Provide U.S. Coast Guard with Maritime Unmanned Aircraft System Services
WASHINGTON (July 1, 2024) – Shield AI, the defense technology company building the world’s best AI pilot, announced today that the U.S. Coast Guard has awarded the company a $198,106,876 indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity firm fixed-price contract to provide Contractor Owned Contractor Operated (COCO) Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) services. This service will be implemented using the V-BAT unmanned […]
Shield AI and Parry Labs Partner to Demonstrate Advanced Autonomy and Open Architecture Edge Compute on the Kratos MQM-178 Firejet
SAN DIEGO (June 13, 2024) – Shield AI, the defense technology company building the world’s best AI pilot, and Parry Labs, an industry leader in deploying digital technologies to the edge, today announced the successful integration of Shield AI’s “Hivemind” AI Pilot on Parry Labs’ Edge Compute Micro (EC Micro). This integration was showcased in a […]
Shield AI to Acquire Australia-Based Sentient Vision Systems and Establish Shield AI Australia
The acquisition enhances Shield AI’s software suite and expansion into Australian market WASHINGTON (April 4, 2024) – Shield AI, the defense technology company building the world’s best AI pilot, has announced a definitive agreement to acquire Sentient Vision Systems (Sentient), an Australia-based leader in AI-enabled real-time situational awareness, pending customary closing conditions and regulatory approval. […]
Shield AI Conducts AI-Piloted Flights on Sixth Aircraft, the Kratos MQM-178 Firejet
Shield AI and Kratos use Firejet as a test surrogate ahead of AI-piloted flights on Kratos Valkyrie SAN DIEGO (March 29, 2024) – Shield AI, a defense technology company building the world’s best AI pilot, and Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. (Nasdaq: KTOS), a Technology Company in the Defense, National Security and Global Markets […]
Shield AI Raises Additional Capital in Series F, Boosts Total Amount to $500M
Funding will accelerate deployment of AI pilots to different classes of aircraft SAN DIEGO (December 29, 2023) – Shield AI, the defense technology company building the world’s best AI pilot for aircraft, today announced the expansion of their Series F funding round to a total of $500 million. An additional $100M in equity, raised at […]
Brandon Tseng’s Statement for U.S. Senate Artificial Intelligence Insight Forum on National Security
Written Statement:Brandon Tseng, President and Co-FounderShield AIDecember 6, 2023 Majority Leader Schumer and Senator Rounds, Senator Heinrich, and Senator Young: Thank you for hosting these AI Insight Forums, particularly the one today focusing on National Security. The legislative work you’re doing is vital, and we appreciate your swift action and consideration. As you work with […]