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Northrop Grumman x Shield AI
Northrop Grumman says its Talon IQ autonomous testbed completed a partner mission flight with Shield AI's Hivemind software. The company says Hivemind commanded the aircraft during combat air patrol and target engagement maneuvers before the testbed returned to Northrop Grumman's Prism autonomy software (Talon IQ and Hivemind).
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- technology
- Status
- Activeoperating
- Announced
- 2026-03-197 months ago
- Active for
- 7 months
Who’s involved
American defense-autonomy company (San Diego, founded 2015 by Brandon Tseng, Ryan Tseng, and Andrew Reiter) building the Hivemind AI pilot and the V-BAT VTOL drone. Hivemind flies aircraft without GPS, communications, or a human pilot. Raised $2B at a $12.7B valuation in March 2026; Gary Steele became CEO in 2025 (effective May).
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- Northrop Grumman · co developer
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