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Shield AI has unveiled its new V-BAT Teams package, enabling more V-BATs to work as a giant swarm. It would be a good fit for the U.S. "Replicator" program.
Get a daily digest of the latest news in tech, science, and technology, delivered right to your mailbox. Subscribe now. to execute missions autonomously, even in environments where electronic interference is present. The system allegedly enables the V-BATs to read and react to potential hostiles, environmental conditions, andexecuting the same mission.
"V-BAT Teams is the first step in intelligent, affordable mass not as a concept, but as an operational product. We're starting with a team size of four V-BATs, but that number will double annually for the foreseeable future. Four V-BATs that work together in electronic warfare environments and as part of a human-machine team are an incredible force multiplier," explained Tseng, Shield AI's co-founder, President, and former Navy SEAL.
Shield AI plans to double the swarm capacity annually, reaching eight in 2024, 16 in 2025, and so on. V-BAT Teams enable warfighters to have 24/7 comprehensive coverage over large geographic regions to find, fix, and target thousands of enemy assets in operational, electronically contested areas at an affordable price.
"Intelligent, swarming aircraft the key to air dominance and more importantly, to deterrence. Our nation is faced with the difficult reality that our pilots are too few and the rules-based autonomy solutions are too dumb for such swarms to exist. Shield AI changes this. For almost nine years, Shield AI has focused on building the world's best AI pilot from a common AI backbone that is relevant and deployable to any aircraft - from quadcopters to F-16s.
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