# Shield AI V-BAT at San Diego: deployment

Canonical ID: `e842a739-3d44-4458-8777-b08c9b3ecc87`

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_

- **Slug:** shield-ai-vbat-military
- **Status:** operational
- **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:** [San Diego](/locations/san-diego-ca.md) (id: `9702dc26-9330-4a9b-a430-67b4e4ad14c9`)

## Verification log (0, append-only)

_No verifications recorded._

## Sources (1)

1. https://shield.ai/

## 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.


_API: GET /v1/robots/e842a739-3d44-4458-8777-b08c9b3ecc87 · feeds: GET /v1/feeds?deploymentId=e842a739-3d44-4458-8777-b08c9b3ecc87 · canonical URL: /deployments/shield-ai-vbat-military_