The companies are collaborating to deliver enhanced mission autonomy capabilities for national defense.
RTX and Shield AI announced a new partnership to integrate Shield AI capabilities into select RTX defense products, like loitering munitions and sensors. This collaboration will deliver enhanced, autonomous capabilities to US and allied defense forces.
RTX will integrate Shield AI’s Hivemind to field the first operational weapon powered by Networked Collaborative Autonomy (NCA) – a breakthrough technology that fuses real-time coordination, resilience and combat-proven firepower. This work will be fully funded by the companies, without the need for government investment.
Shield AI will also integrate its Visual Detection and Ranging (ViDAR) software with RTX’s Multi-Spectral Targeting System (MTS) to enable automated AI-based sensor autonomy against maritime and airborne swarm targets, with a focus on rapid productization for current MTS customers.
This partnership underscores RTX and Shield AI’s shared commitment to advance the future of autonomous defense systems responsibly — aligning with DoD principles by ensuring systems are reliable, traceable and governable, while upholding the highest standards of security and effectiveness.
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