Drones & Robotics
Hivemind
The AI pilot that flies aircraft where GPS and comms fail.
Hivemind is Shield AI's flagship AI autonomy software stack that acts as an onboard 'pilot,' letting drones and aircraft sense, decide, and act without GPS, communications links, or a human operator. It uses reinforcement learning and visual/onboard navigation to operate in electronically contested, jammed, and denied environments, and has flown platforms ranging from quadcopters and V-BAT to F-16s and jet-powered CCA aircraft.
What it does
- ▸GPS- and comms-denied autonomous flight
- ▸EW/jamming-resilient navigation
- ▸Multi-aircraft collaborative swarming
- ▸Onboard perception and decision-making
- ▸Beyond-visual-range mission autonomy
Where it's deployed
- ◍U.S. Air Force (Collaborative Combat Aircraft program)
- ◍Anduril YFQ-44A Fury (flight-tested integration)
- ◍U.S. and Israeli forces
- ◍Ukraine (V-BAT operations under EW)
Agencies using it
DoD