What is the latest version of V-BAT / Hivemind?

The current shipped version of V-BAT / Hivemind is Hivemind, as of November 7, 2026.

How much does V-BAT / Hivemind cost?

V-BAT / Hivemind has no published flat entry price. Pricing not public (enterprise/defense)

What AI model does V-BAT / Hivemind use?

V-BAT / Hivemind runs primarily on Hivemind reinforcement-learned pilot.

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V-BAT / Hivemind

Name: V-BAT / Hivemind
Author: Shield AI

Shield AI · #4 most active of 19 in Drones & Air Mobility

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Hivemind autonomy pilots the V-BAT VTOL aircraft and third-party jets without GPS or comms links.

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Current version

Hivemind

Entry cost

Pricing not public (enterprise/defense)

Changes / 30d

The short answers · verified November 7, 2026

What is the latest version of V-BAT / Hivemind?: The current shipped version of V-BAT / Hivemind is Hivemind, as of November 7, 2026.
How much does V-BAT / Hivemind cost?: V-BAT / Hivemind has no published flat entry price. Pricing not public (enterprise/defense)
What AI model does V-BAT / Hivemind use?: V-BAT / Hivemind runs primarily on Hivemind reinforcement-learned pilot.

Source: Shield AI — shield.ai · Reusable under CC BY 4.0 — cite Tomorrow

Capabilities

GPS-denied autonomy
No comms link required
VTOL fixed-wing
Third-party airframe ports
Autonomous AI Pilot
Mission Autonomy
ISR & Targeting
Teaming Drones
Autonomy Development
Resilient Autonomy
AI Pilot
Autonomous Flight
Unmatched ISR & Targeting
Tactical UAS
Tactical UAS (V-BAT)
Autonomous Aircraft
Tactical Maneuvers
Simulation & Training
Autonomy
AI pilot
Tactical maneuvers
Flight Simulation
Synthetic Reality
Autonomous flight
Teaming drones
Mission autonomy
Autonomous Tactical Maneuvers
Synthetic Reality & Simulation
Simulation Platform
ISR & targeting
Synthetic Reality and Simulation
Flight Simulation & Training
Tactical Autonomous Flight
Autonomous tactical maneuvers
autonomous piloting
tactical maneuvers
mission autonomy
multi-agent teaming
Autonomous piloting
autonomous flight
EW Battlefield ISR
Targeting
GPS-denied operations
Autonomous pilot
Autonomous Piloting
EW battlefield ISR
EW battlefield compatibility
Dual-ship autonomy
ISR
Unmatched ISR
Targeting on the EW Battlefield
Swarming / Teaming Drones
Geo-Specific Visualization
Tactical UAV Autonomy
Defense-Tech

Pricing

Pricing not public (enterprise/defense)

Entry price over time

Not enough pricing history yet — we start charting from the second observation.

Geek mode

Models under the hood

Hivemind
Shield AI
inferred
Hivemind AI Pilot
Shield AI
inferred
Hivemind reinforcement-learned pilot
Shield AI
disclosed

Context window

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Public API

Multi-model routing

Stack signals

Onboard RL policies
Edge compute
F-16 flight demos

Shared model stack

Other tracked products running on the same foundation models — a quick read on how much of the catalog moves when one of these models changes.

HivemindShield AI · 1 product
- V-BAT / Hivemind
Hivemind AI PilotShield AI · 1 product
- V-BAT / Hivemind
Hivemind reinforcement-learned pilotShield AI · 1 product
- V-BAT / Hivemind

green disclosed · amber inferred · grey unattributed. Aliases are folded into one model; provider concentration counts only models with an established vendor.

Reported scale

Reference data. Each figure is whatever the source actually said — weekly users, downloads, revenue run-rate — with its own definition and date. These are not comparable between tools and are never used to rank anything.

No public usage figure on record for this product.

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Change history

Nov 7, 2026first seencapability
New capabilities: Defense-Tech
54 tracked55 tracked · +Defense-Tech
source
Nov 5, 2026first seencapability
New capabilities: Tactical UAV Autonomy
53 tracked54 tracked · +Tactical UAV Autonomy
source
Nov 2, 2026first seencapability
New capabilities: Geo-Specific Visualization
52 tracked53 tracked · +Geo-Specific Visualization
source
Oct 30, 2026first seencapability
New capabilities: Unmatched ISR, Targeting on the EW Battlefield, Swarming / Teaming Drones
49 tracked52 tracked · +Unmatched ISR, Targeting on the EW Battlefield, Swarming / Teaming Drones
source
Oct 26, 2026first seencapability
New capabilities: ISR
48 tracked49 tracked · +ISR
source
Oct 13, 2026first seencapability
New capabilities: Dual-ship autonomy
47 tracked48 tracked · +Dual-ship autonomy
source
Oct 12, 2026first seenmodel
V-BAT / Hivemind added Hivemind AI Pilot to its model stack
Hivemind, Hivemind reinforcement-learned pilotHivemind, Hivemind AI Pilot, Hivemind reinforcement-learned pilot
source
Oct 7, 2026first seencapability
New capabilities: EW battlefield compatibility
46 tracked47 tracked · +EW battlefield compatibility
source
Oct 6, 2026first seencapability
New capabilities: EW battlefield ISR
45 tracked46 tracked · +EW battlefield ISR
source
Oct 4, 2026first seencapability
New capabilities: Autonomous Piloting
44 tracked45 tracked · +Autonomous Piloting
source
Sep 29, 2026first seencapability
New capabilities: Autonomous pilot
43 tracked44 tracked · +Autonomous pilot
source
Sep 24, 2026first seencapability
New capabilities: GPS-denied operations
42 tracked43 tracked · +GPS-denied operations
source
Sep 22, 2026first seencapability
New capabilities: EW Battlefield ISR, Targeting
40 tracked42 tracked · +EW Battlefield ISR, Targeting
source
Sep 21, 2026first seencapability
New capabilities: autonomous flight
39 tracked40 tracked · +autonomous flight
source
Sep 17, 2026first seencapability
New capabilities: Autonomous piloting
38 tracked39 tracked · +Autonomous piloting
source
Sep 15, 2026first seencapability
New capabilities: autonomous piloting, tactical maneuvers, mission autonomy
34 tracked38 tracked · +autonomous piloting, tactical maneuvers, mission autonomy, multi-agent teaming
source
Sep 10, 2026first seenversion
V-BAT / Hivemind moved to Hivemind
Hivemind 2025Hivemind
source
Sep 7, 2026first seencapability
New capabilities: Autonomous tactical maneuvers
33 tracked34 tracked · +Autonomous tactical maneuvers
source
Sep 4, 2026first seencapability
New capabilities: Tactical Autonomous Flight
32 tracked33 tracked · +Tactical Autonomous Flight
source
Sep 1, 2026first seencapability
New capabilities: Flight Simulation & Training
31 tracked32 tracked · +Flight Simulation & Training
source
Aug 30, 2026first seencapability
New capabilities: Synthetic Reality and Simulation
30 tracked31 tracked · +Synthetic Reality and Simulation
source
Aug 27, 2026first seenmodel
V-BAT / Hivemind added Hivemind to its model stack
Hivemind reinforcement-learned pilotHivemind, Hivemind reinforcement-learned pilot
source
Aug 22, 2026first seencapability
New capabilities: ISR & targeting
29 tracked30 tracked · +ISR & targeting
source
Aug 21, 2026first seencapability
New capabilities: Simulation Platform
28 tracked29 tracked · +Simulation Platform
source
Aug 19, 2026first seencapability
New capabilities: Autonomous Tactical Maneuvers, Synthetic Reality & Simulation
26 tracked28 tracked · +Autonomous Tactical Maneuvers, Synthetic Reality & Simulation
source
Aug 18, 2026first seencapability
New capabilities: Autonomous flight, Teaming drones, Mission autonomy
23 tracked26 tracked · +Autonomous flight, Teaming drones, Mission autonomy
source
Aug 17, 2026first seencapability
New capabilities: Autonomy, AI pilot, Tactical maneuvers
18 tracked23 tracked · +Autonomy, AI pilot, Tactical maneuvers, Flight Simulation, Synthetic Reality
source
Aug 15, 2026first seencapability
New capabilities: Autonomous Aircraft, Tactical Maneuvers, Simulation & Training
15 tracked18 tracked · +Autonomous Aircraft, Tactical Maneuvers, Simulation & Training
source
Aug 13, 2026first seencapability
New capabilities: Tactical UAS (V-BAT)
14 tracked15 tracked · +Tactical UAS (V-BAT)
source
Aug 11, 2026first seencapability
New capabilities: Tactical UAS
13 tracked14 tracked · +Tactical UAS
source
Aug 9, 2026first seencapability
New capabilities: Unmatched ISR & Targeting
12 tracked13 tracked · +Unmatched ISR & Targeting
source
Aug 6, 2026first seencapability
New capabilities: Autonomous Flight
115
source
Aug 5, 2026first seencapability
New capabilities: Resilient Autonomy, AI Pilot
94
source
Aug 3, 2026first seencapability
New capabilities: Autonomous AI Pilot, Mission Autonomy, ISR & Targeting
45
source
Jun 15, 2026first seencapability
Hivemind autonomy ported to additional third-party airframes
—Multi-airframe autonomy

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Free to cite and reuse under CC BY 4.0. Permalink: https://tomorrow.aliensquad.ai/tools/shield-ai-vbat

APA

Tomorrow. (2026). V-BAT / Hivemind — version, pricing and model stack [Data set entry]. AlienSquad. Retrieved 2026-11-08, from https://tomorrow.aliensquad.ai/tools/shield-ai-vbat

BibTeX

@misc{tomorrow-tools-shield-ai-vbat,
  author       = {{Tomorrow}},
  title        = {V-BAT / Hivemind — version, pricing and model stack},
  year         = {2026},
  publisher    = {AlienSquad},
  howpublished = {\url{https://tomorrow.aliensquad.ai/tools/shield-ai-vbat}},
  note         = {Accessed: 2026-11-08}
}