Shield Ai Conducts Ai-Piloted Flights On Sixth Aircraft, The Kratos Mqm-178 Firejet
Shield AI, Inc., a defence applied science fellowship building the globe'sec best AI airplane pilot, as well as Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. (Nasdaq: KTOS), a Technology Company inward the Defense, National Security in addition to Global Markets together with an industry-leading provider of high-functioning, jet-powered unmanned aerial systems (UAS), today announced the successful completion of the showtime phase of Shield's AI-piloted flying-testing on-board Kratos platforms as the ii companies move toward productizing Shield AI'second airplane pilot for the XQ-58 Valkyrie.
Having successfully flown AI pilots on v aircraft — iii classes of quadcopters, the MQ-35A V-BAT, together with the F-sixteen in fully autonomous air scrap preparation — Shield AI'second Hivemind AI airplane pilot has forthwith successfully flown on and controlled the Kratos MQM-178 Firejet. These successful flights are a major milestone inwards the comprehensive integration projection equally Shield AI in addition to Kratos look to ultimately productize some other configuration of the Valkyrie, inward this example with Shield AI'second Hivemind AI airplane pilot.
The MQM-178 Firejet fills a variety of end-to-finish weapons-loose preparation roles as a jet target aircraft arrangement, supporting surface-to-air and air-to-air engagements. Additionally, the Tactical Firejet offers an offensive/defensive jet U.S.A.arrangement in the sub $500K toll range per aircraft with substantial mission systems too performance capabilities. In either mission configuration (target/tactical), the Firejet delivers a high-speed, high-maneuverability, low-signature solution for replicating threats or enabling no-take chances-to-American-life operational effectiveness amongst a level of contested environment capability.
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Having successfully flown AI pilots on v aircraft — iii classes of quadcopters, the MQ-35A V-BAT, together with the F-sixteen in fully autonomous air scrap preparation — Shield AI'second Hivemind AI airplane pilot has forthwith successfully flown on and controlled the Kratos MQM-178 Firejet. These successful flights are a major milestone inwards the comprehensive integration projection equally Shield AI in addition to Kratos look to ultimately productize some other configuration of the Valkyrie, inward this example with Shield AI'second Hivemind AI airplane pilot.
"Our substantial investments inwards autonomy in addition to AI blueprint tools, infrastructure, and pipelines are what enable Shield AI to quickly integrate Hivemind onto dissimilar classes of aircraft too virtually importantly, wing them safely. We're getting faster together with faster. It was over three years from signing the contract to flight the F-16; forthwith, it'sec less than 180 days for the Kratos Firejet. The vision of portable autonomy software for military machine hardware has been realized, flown, as well as deployed by Shield AI," said Ryan Tseng, Shield AI's CEO together with Co-Founder.
"AI pilots will eventually wing all aircraft and volition accept a larger global affect than self-driving cars. The MQM-178 Firejet marks the 6th type of aircraft that our AI airplane pilot Hivemind has flown. It is the instant jet-powered aircraft later on our AI piloted F-xvi dogfights. The AI-piloted XQ-58 Valkyrie flights later this twelvemonth volition be the seventh aircraft too then the Kratos BQM-177 will live the eighth. Kratos together with Shield AI's joint focus on the rapid development of AI-piloted aircraft has been a terrific collaboration that is helping redefine armed forces forcefulness structures," said Brandon Tseng, Shield AI'sec President together with Co-Founder too a one-time Navy SEAL.
The MQM-178 Firejet fills a variety of end-to-finish weapons-loose preparation roles as a jet target aircraft arrangement, supporting surface-to-air and air-to-air engagements. Additionally, the Tactical Firejet offers an offensive/defensive jet U.S.A.arrangement in the sub $500K toll range per aircraft with substantial mission systems too performance capabilities. In either mission configuration (target/tactical), the Firejet delivers a high-speed, high-maneuverability, low-signature solution for replicating threats or enabling no-take chances-to-American-life operational effectiveness amongst a level of contested environment capability.
"The collaboration between Kratos too Shield AI over these past months has been nada short of particular too represents the rapid evolution in addition to testing possible when motivated commercial technology companies run together with a common objective—existence first to market alongside relevant systems to back up U.S. National Security. Our articulation efforts have brought together the best of both worlds – Kratos' proven jet-powered uncrewed aircraft together with Shield AI's expertise in AI together with software evolution. We're thrilled nigh the progress nosotros've made in addition to even more excited to portion further breakthroughs inwards the near future," said Steve Fendley, President of Kratos' Unmanned Systems Division.
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