SINGAPORE, Feb. 5, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Shield AI right now introduced the expansion of their partnership with Singapore’s Defence Science and Technology Agency (DSTA) and the Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) to co-develop and proliferate Artificial Intelligence (AI) throughout a wider vary of autonomous drone purposes utilizing Shield AI’s Hivemind software program improvement package (SDK).
Building on current explorations and early use circumstances, the enlargement appears to develop and embed autonomous capabilities throughout a number of drone’s purposes, utilizing the SDK to tailor AI options for present operational and future environments. The collaboration has allowed RSAF and DSTA to use Shield AI’s SDK to independently design, check, and deploy mission autonomy.
Within six months, operational and developer suggestions from the RSAF and DSTA has led to refinements to the SDK, strengthening their builders’ functionality to develop and deploy mission autonomy for RSAF’s Concept of Operations (CONOPs). The mission autonomy helps customers in finishing missions safely and successfully with out human intervention and is in a position to reroute round no-fly zones, keep away from threats and reply to sudden situations.
“RSAF and DSTA have been outstanding partners,” stated Brandon Tseng, Shield AI’s president and co-founder. “Through their adoption of the Hivemind platform, Singapore is on a path to become the first country outside the United States with true sovereign autonomy, meaning the ability to develop and field its own AI pilots across its platforms. This matters because autonomy is a way to decouple military fighting strength from population size, and in Singapore’s case, from a declining population, a challenge many nations around the world also face.”
“Building our capability to independently develop and field mission autonomy is a priority and an important step forward,” stated DSTA’s chief govt Mr Ng Chad-Son. “This collaboration goes beyond technology adoption. It allows our defence engineers and aircrew to develop hands-on experience that will grow a sustainable pipeline of AI specialists with good operational understanding. We will continue to leverage market solutions to integrate autonomy across a broader spectrum of applications for the RSAF, ensuring our unmanned systems are highly adaptable and mission-ready for any challenge.”
The settlement was introduced throughout the Singapore Airshow 2026, the place Brandon Tseng participated in a panel on autonomy and human-machine teaming. Tom Schaefer, vp of Hivemind engineering at Shield AI, spoke the identical day on the Singapore Aerospace Technology and Engineering Conference, held on the sidelines of the airshow, on software-driven autonomy for next-generation protection techniques.
About Shield AI
Founded in 2015, Shield AI is a venture-backed deep-tech firm with the mission of defending service members and civilians with clever techniques. Its merchandise embody the V-BAT and X-BAT plane, Hivemind Enterprise, and the Hivemind Vision product strains. With workplaces and services throughout the U.S., Europe, the Middle East, and the Asia-Pacific, Shield AI’s expertise actively helps operations worldwide. For extra info, go to www.shield.ai. Follow Shield AI on LinkedIn, X, Instagram, and YouTube.
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About Defence Science and Technology Agency
The Defence Science and Technology Agency (DSTA) is a number one expertise organisation that drives innovation and delivers state-of-the-art capabilities to make the Singapore Armed Forces a formidable preventing power. Harnessing and exploiting science and expertise, our engineers and IT professionals leverage multidisciplinary experience to equip our troopers with superior techniques to defend Singapore. DSTA additionally contributes its technological experience to assist national-level developments. To obtain our mission, DSTA excels in techniques engineering, digitalised platforms, cyber, software program improvement and extra. Visit www.dsta.gov.sg for extra info.
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