Deployment
Shield AI V-BAT at San Diego
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 · 1 source · not yet field-verified
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Shield AI V-BAT VTOL UAS deployed with US military and international customers. Autonomous ISR without GPS or comms. Aggregate defense deployment.
- Trust tier
- Catalog entry · 1 source · not yet field-verified
- Last updated
- 2026-06-07
- Model
- Shield AI V-BAT
- Company
- Shield AI
- Location
- San Diego
- Status
- operational
- ID
e842a739-3d44-4458-8777-b08c9b3ecc87
Sources (1)
Methodology: Verified · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-06-07
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-06-07
Maturity + lifecycle
Maturity stage: production
Lifecycle: active
Architectural position
Cohort: aerial
Sources by quality tier
- 1
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Shield AI V-BAT at San Diego.Common questions
- What is the Shield AI V-BAT deployment at San Diego?
- Shield AI V-BAT, built by Shield AI, is recorded as a deployment at San Diego on the DEPLOY registry. Shield AI operates the deployment directly.
- Who operates Shield AI V-BAT at San Diego?
- Shield AI, the manufacturer of Shield AI V-BAT, operates this deployment directly. This is a maker-deploys-its-own-product arrangement rather than a customer pilot.
- Have there been incidents at the Shield AI V-BAT deployment at San Diego?
- No active incidents affecting this deployment are recorded on the DEPLOY registry. Absence of recorded incidents is not a guarantee no incident occurred; DEPLOY records only sourced incidents and suppresses retracted ones.
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