SAN DIEGO , Sept. 22, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Shield AI, the deep-tech company building state-of-the-art autonomy software products and aircraft, today announced the successful autonomous flight of the BQM-177A target drone powered by its Hivemind AI-enabled autonomy software. The August test marked a major milestone toward the U.S. Navy's first beyond-visual-range (BVR) autonomy mission on a fast-moving platform. Conducted under the Experimental Platform for Intelligent Combat (EPIC) project, the demonstration advanced manned-unmanned teaming goals and reinforced Hivemind's growing role across a broad set of sophisticated aircraft.

In collaboration with Naval Air Systems Command's Strike Planning and Execution Program (PMA-281) and Aerial Targets Program (PMA-208), the August test a

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