Partnership
US Air Force CCA Mission Autonomy x Shield AI
Shield AI was selected by the US Air Force to provide mission autonomy software for the CCA Increment 1 program, competing alongside Anduril and Collins Aerospace for the autonomous control system contract.
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- deployment
- Status
- Activeoperating
- Announced
- 2026-06-172 months ago
- Active for
- 2 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).
Off-registry parties
- US Air Force · customer
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