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Shield AI x Airbus U.S. (MQ-72C autonomy)

Teaming agreement to integrate Shield AI's Hivemind autonomy software on the Airbus MQ-72C Logistics Connector, an unmanned UH-72 Lakota variant, for the US Marine Corps Aerial Logistics Connector program.

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Type: technology
Status: Activejust announced
Announced: 2025-04-30
1.5 years ago
Active for: 1.5 years

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).

HQSan Diego, California, USAshield.ai5 partnerships

Airbusco developer

European aerospace manufacturer; its Defence and Space division [Built](/companies/built-robotics) the CIMON ISS crew-assistant free-flyer (funded by DLR, with IBM Watson natural-language AI).

HQLeiden, Netherlands / Toulouse, Franceairbus.com1 partnerships

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Sources (1)

https://shield.ai/airbus-u-s-space-defense-shield-ai-partner-to-integrate-autonomy-on-unmanned-aerial-logistics-connector/ · 2025-04-30

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