Shield AI and Innovaero are building the Hivemind SI pilot into OWL loitering munitions for Australia
Prepared by Sintelligent with the help of SI. Publication time restored from the build log. . Updated: .
Autonomy without a link to the operator is becoming a standard feature of combat drones.
The Hivemind autonomy software is already integrated into the OWL-B variant and ready for flight testing; according to the companies, it will speed up mission planning, allow re-routing, obstacle avoidance and operation without GPS or communications, and let swarms act in coordination via the Android Team Awareness Kit. Swarm missions are so far only simulated. The project is presented as a sovereign Australian development.
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