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 · Operated by Shield AI · Catalog entry · 2 sources · not yet field-verified · Drones
Recent coverage
- New Pentagon unmanned czar will oversee most drone programsAgentRecon · 2026-07-01
- Poland buys V-BAT drones to boost Baltic Sea naval operationsC4ISRNET · 2026-06-25
- Poland buys V-BAT drones to boost Baltic Sea naval operationsDefense News · 2026-06-25
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /deployments/shield-ai-vbat-military.md
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/robots/e842a739-3d44-4458-8777-b08c9b3ecc87
- Data documentation: /data
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Footage
Shield AI's presentation of its V-BAT VTOL uncrewed aircraft operating in autonomous teams via its Hivemind autonomy. An ISR platform; swarm and contested-environment claims are Shield AI's.
Shield AI V-BAT VTOL UAS deployed with US military and international customers. Autonomous ISR without GPS or comms. Aggregate defense deployment.
Key facts
- Fleet
- Shield AI V-BAT VTOL UAS
- Operator
- US military and international customers
- Use Case
- Autonomous ISR without GPS or comms
- Technology
- VTOL UAS with GPS-denied and comms-denied autonomy
Safety record
No incidents on record for Shield AI V-BAT at San Diego.
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
- Trust tier
- Catalog entry · 2 sources · not yet field-verifiedhow tiers work →
- Last updated
- 2026-06-28
- Model
- Shield AI V-BAT
- Company
- Shield AI
- Location
- United States/California/San Diego
- Operator
- Shield AI
- Status
- operational
- Operator type
- maker operated
- ID
e842a739-3d44-4458-8777-b08c9b3ecc87
Timeline
- Jun 2026created
- Jun 2026Current status: operational, reviewedLatest recorded state. New status transitions append here as the deployment-status recorder produces them.
On the deployment map
Shield AI V-BAT operates in San Diego. Explore the full verified map:
Sources (2)
Methodology: Verified · 2 sources (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-06-28
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-06-28
Maturity + lifecycle
Maturity stage: production
Lifecycle: active
Architectural position
Cohort: aerial
Sources by quality tier
- 2
- 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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