Venture-funded tech firm Shield AI and traditional defense prime RTX announced today they were teaming up to put Shield software on RTX hardware. The release touts two collaborative projects, a sensor package and an “operational weapon.” “This collaboration reflects how the defense ecosystem is evolving — bringing the best of autonomy and hardware to bear on national security challenges,” said Shield’s new CEO, Gary Steele, in a press release point out by both firms this morning. The companies were cagey about the “operational weapon” project, declining to answer follow-up questions from Breaking Defense, including about how much the companies are spending on these new efforts. The press release just says “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.” However, Shield AI has already released a lot of information on Hivemind, one of their flagship products, which the company calls its “AI and autonomy stack.”

Full report : RTX, Shield AI announce new partnership for drone & counter-drone tech.

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