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Shield AI flies a V-BAT and Hornet strike drones as one autonomous team

Shield AI says one AI flew a V-BAT and Destinus Hornet drones as a single team in Oklahoma, a milestone arriving days after a Reuters investigation into V-BAT crashes and a whistleblower's claims about its autonomy.

Jun 7, 2026 · 3 min read

USA

Shield AI's V-BAT crashed more than 50 times as it scaled its $13B autonomy bet

A Reuters investigation ties the combat-proven drone now sold to Ukraine, Greece and the US Coast Guard to a run of crashes, a severed-fingers injury, and a whistleblower who says the company buried the failures.

Jun 5, 2026

Europe

Greece expands its Shield AI V-BAT drone fleet to watch the Aegean

The order expands a drone Greece already uses to watch its Aegean islands, and brings Shield AI's Hivemind autonomy business to Athens.

Jun 3, 2026