Deployment
Shield AI V-BAT at United States
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 · 2 sources · not yet field-verified
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /deployments/shield-ai-v-bat-us-coast-guard.md
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/robots/08406f2a-3a39-4d18-b3cb-528cb4a26428
- Data documentation: /data
US Coast Guard selected the V-BAT for maritime unmanned-aircraft ISR services under a $198M IDIQ contract (through 2029), operating from National Security Cutters.
Key facts
- Operator
- US Coast Guard
- Contract
- $198M IDIQ for maritime UAS ISR (through 2029)
- Trust tier
- Catalog entry · 2 sources · not yet field-verified
- Last updated
- 2026-05-31
- Model
- Shield AI V-BAT
- Company
- Shield AI
- Location
- United States
- Status
- active
- First seen
- 2024-07-01
- ID
08406f2a-3a39-4d18-b3cb-528cb4a26428
Verifications (0)
No verifications recorded yet.
Sources (2)
- https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/shield-ais-v-bat-selected-for-198-million-contract-to-provide-us-coast-guard-with-maritime-unmanned-aircraft-system-services-302187330.html
- https://shield.ai/shield-ais-v-bat-selected-for-198-million-contract-to-provide-u-s-coast-guard-with-maritime-unmanned-aircraft-system-services/