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MQ-35 V-BAT’s Capabilities Grow, Micro Guided Munitions Coming Next Year

The combat-proven V-BAT can take off and land virtually anywhere and does the job of larger aircraft. Now it's getting a slew of major enhancements.

By Tyler Rogoway

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Shield AI V-BAT
Jamie Hunter

Shield AI continues to make major enhancements to its versatile V-BAT vertical takeoff and landing drone, as well as the Hivemind autonomy software that underpins its operations. From a successful combat trial in Ukraine to expanding V-BAT’s connectivity and even getting kinetic strike options, our Jamie Hunter got the low-down on the future of the increasingly popular unmanned system from company co-founder Brandon Tseng on the floor of Sea Air Space 2025:

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Latest on Shield AI's MQ-35 V-BAT drone and Hive Mind AI autonomy software.

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Tyler Rogoway

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Tyler’s passion is the study of military technology, strategy, as well as foreign policy, and he has fostered a dominant voice on those topics in the defense and national security space. Tyler was the creator of the hugely popular defense site Foxtrot Alpha before developing TWZ, which he continues to lead as the Editor-In-Chief to this day.