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Northrop Grumman x Shield AI
Northrop Grumman's Talon IQ autonomous testbed successfully flew with Shield AI's Hivemind software, executing combat air patrol and autonomous mission tasks during a partner-powered autonomy flight.
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- technology
- Status
- Activeoperating
- Announced
- 2026-03-195 months ago
- Active for
- 5 months
Who’s involved
Shield AItechnology provider
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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