Deployment
Shield AI V-BAT at Ukraine
Group 3 VTOL fixed-wing ISR/targeting drone (designated MQ-35) that takes off and lands vertically from a small footprint, powered by the Hivemind autonomy stack and resilient in GPS- and communications-denied environments. Fielded in Ukraine and selected by the US Coast Guard. (V-BAT Teams is a multi-aircraft capability, not a separate model.)
Shield AI V-BAT by Shield AI · Catalog entry · 3 sources · not yet field-verified
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V-BAT operations in Ukraine in partnership with Ukraine's Unmanned Systems Forces: 130+ sorties in electronic-warfare-denied conditions, including locating a Russian SA-11 Buk air-defense system that was then struck.
Key facts
- Operator
- Ukrainian forces (Unmanned Systems Forces)
- Result
- 130+ V-BAT sorties in EW-denied conditions; located an SA-11 Buk
- Trust tier
- Catalog entry · 3 sources · not yet field-verified
- Last updated
- 2026-05-31
- Model
- Shield AI V-BAT
- Company
- Shield AI
- Location
- Ukraine
- Status
- active
- ID
b75a8c99-e895-427e-9df8-03667c2c668b
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