Honeywell Aerospace and Shield AI announced completion of two autonomous flight demonstrations, culminating in a coordinated intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance mission near Phoenix in which two aircraft running Shield AI's Hivemind shared target information and divided tasks autonomously1. Honeywell's autonomy team began training on Hivemind Enterprise in late April and flew a BFD-SE8 multirotor autonomously within six weeks, compressing what engineers estimated as a 54-week development effort. The first official demonstration took place July 8 in Plymouth, Minnesota; the multi-aircraft ISR flight followed on October 8 near Phoenix.
Honeywell Aerospace Flies Autonomous Two-Aircraft ISR Mission on Shield AI Hivemind
Honeywell Aerospace and Shield AI completed a two-aircraft autonomous ISR mission using Hivemind, compressing an estimated 54-week development timeline…