Shield AI Hivemind flies General Atomics MQ-20 at Orange Flag
Shield AI and General Atomics completed the first of several planned 2025 autonomy flights using an MQ-20 Avenger.
Evidence notes
- The February Orange Flag exercise used A-GRA-compliant interfaces to connect Hivemind with the MQ-20's open architecture.
- The flight began a planned series of 2025 tests intended to expand the integration toward full A-GRA compliance.
- General Atomics uses the jet-powered MQ-20 as a test bed for future Autonomous Collaborative Platforms.
Company context
Shield AI builds autonomy software and unmanned aircraft systems for defence and allied operations. Its stack includes the Hivemind autonomy platform and aircraft such as V-BAT and X-BAT. The company focuses on autonomous mission execution in contested and degraded environments.