Defense Tech BaseShield AI develops artificial-intelligence pilots and autonomous aircraft systems, including the V-BAT unmanned aircraft, for defense missions.
What does Shield AI offer?
Shield AI presents V-BAT as an aircraft product and Hivemind as autonomy technology. A platform purchase and an autonomy integration engagement can therefore have different deliverables, dependencies and acceptance tests.
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At a glance
- Location
- San Diego, California, United States
- Capabilities
- Autonomous systems, Mission software, Sensing & intelligence, Aerospace systems
- Markets
- Defense, National security, Aerospace
- Autonomy products
- Its public product lineup includes Hivemind autonomy software and the V-BAT unmanned aircraft.
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What federal contract awards are matched to Shield AI?
Defense Tech Base tracks 17 matched federal contract awards across 1 company in this selection, with $74.0M in reported award amounts, dated May 10, 2023–Jul 21, 2026.
Reported award amounts are not necessarily money spent or company revenue. These matched records do not establish the company’s complete contract history.
SBIR/STTR awards
Defense Tech Base tracks 5 matched SBIR/STTR awards across 1 company in this selection, with $4.2M in reported award amounts, dated Dec 12, 2019–Jul 27, 2022.
- Weapons Pitch Day - Commonality$1.8M · SBIR Phase II · Jul 27, 2022
- Shield AI Proposal$749K · SBIR Phase II · Mar 18, 2021
- Shield AI Proposal$50K · SBIR Phase I · Dec 17, 2020
- Reinforcement Learning Applied to the Development of Autonomous Behaviors for Multi-Agent Teams of sUAS$1.5M · SBIR Phase II · Jul 27, 2020
- Open Call for Innovative Defense-Related Dual-Purpose Technologies/Solutions with a Clear Air Force Stakeholder Need$44K · SBIR Phase I · Dec 12, 2019
Federal activity
Recent contract awards
View all- Matched awards
- 17
- Reported award value
- $73,963,675
- Latest award
- Jul 21, 2026
Agencies in matched awards
These are the most frequent awarding agencies in the records matched to this company, by award count.
- Department of Homeland Security 11 awards
- Department of Defense 6 awards
Largest matched awards
Largest reported award amounts in this dataset. These amounts do not necessarily represent money spent or revenue received.
- VBAT SHORE BASED SERVICES. TASK ORDER FOR PUERTO RICO.$16.0M · Department of Homeland Security · Mar 2, 2026
- V-BAT VTOL UNMANNED AIRCRAFT$11.3M · Department of Defense · Sep 3, 2025
- THIS TASK ORDER IS FOR PRE-DEPLOYMENT INSTALLATION SUPPORT, DEPLOYMENTS 15-DAY, AND UAS …$9.9M · Department of Homeland Security · Jul 1, 2024
Most recent matched awards
Department of Homeland Security
TASK ORDER FOR MR-UAS GUAM SHORE EXPANSION.
Department of Homeland Security
TASK ORDER FOR MR-UAS INSTALLATION AND DEPLOYMENT SERVICES FOR COAST GUARD NATIONAL SECURITY CUTTERS.
Department of Homeland Security
TASK ORDER FOR MR-UAS DEPLOYMENT SERVICES FOR CG NATIONAL SECURITY CUTTERS KIMBALL AND JAMES.
Department of Homeland Security
VBAT SHORE BASED SERVICES. TASK ORDER FOR PUERTO RICO.
Department of Homeland Security
TASK ORDER FOR MR-UAS DEPLOYMENT SERVICES FOR CG NATIONAL SECURITY CUTTERS.