# Shield AI V-BAT at United States: deployment

Canonical ID: `08406f2a-3a39-4d18-b3cb-528cb4a26428`

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_

- **Slug:** shield-ai-v-bat-us-coast-guard
- **Status:** active
- **Model:** [Shield AI V-BAT](/models/shield-ai-v-bat.md) (id: `13b0e05a-898e-4195-b200-70b7fd9bbf6d`)
- **Company:** [Shield AI](/companies/shield-ai.md) (id: `d931700f-6b76-42d2-bdac-2123c2f26f1b`)
- **Location:** [United States](/locations/united-states.md) (id: `aa8b9c05-c836-4021-801f-59801970401e`)
- **First seen:** 2024-07-01T12:00:00.000Z

## Verification log (0, append-only)

_No verifications recorded._

## Sources (2)

1. 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
2. https://shield.ai/shield-ais-v-bat-selected-for-198-million-contract-to-provide-u-s-coast-guard-with-maritime-unmanned-aircraft-system-services/

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