Shield’s Hivemind flies multiple Air Force CCAs as a coordinated team for the first time

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Milestone follows an earlier flight in which an F-22 pilot directed a FQ-44A Fury in flight Shield’s Hivemind mission autonomy software has achieved two firsts for the U.S. Air Force’s Collaborative Combat Aircraft program in three weeks: executing directives from an airborne F-22 pilot and enabling multiple CCAs to fly in formation and execute collaborative beyond-visual-range counter-air tactics. The demonstrations mark a progression from a fighter pilot directing an autonomous teammate to multiple autonomous aircraft maneuvering as a coordinated team, putting the “collaborative” in Collaborative Combat Aircraft. On October 8, an F-22 pilot served as an airborne “quarterback,” issuing high-level directives to a FQ-44A. Hivemind interpreted and executed those directives in real time, enabling the aircraft to perform dynamic maneuvers and simulated combat tasks under the pilot’s direction.

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