Hivemind Enabled Drone Teaming for USAF CCA Last Month, Shield AI Says

Shield AI said on 9 November 2026 that its Hivemind autonomy software supported two separate flight demonstrations for the United States Air Force’s Collaborative Combat Aircraft programme within three weeks. One demonstration involved an uncrewed aircraft responding to instructions from an airborne F-22 pilot, while the other involved multiple collaborative aircraft flying together and demonstrating coordinated mission behaviour. The events addressed two aspects of the programme’s test effort, coordination between a crewed fighter and an uncrewed aircraft, and coordination among uncrewed aircraft. Shield AI described the events as demonstrations of its software.