Elroy Air
Autonomous hybrid VTOL cargo aircraft.
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Elroy Air vs V-BAT / Hivemind
Elroy Air (Elroy Air) and V-BAT / Hivemind (Shield AI) both sit in Drones & Air Mobility. V-BAT / Hivemind shipped more tracked changes in the last 30 days (5 vs 0). Every value below comes from the latest crawl of the vendors' own pages.
| Attribute | Elroy Air Elroy Air | V-BAT / Hivemind Shield AI |
|---|---|---|
| Segment | Drones & Air Mobility | Drones & Air Mobility |
| Version | Chaparral | Hivemind |
| Entry cost | Pre-commercial | Pricing is not publicly listed. Contact sales for details. |
| Pricing tiers | — | — |
| Model stack | in-house autonomy | Hivemind · Hivemind AI Pilot · Hivemind reinforcement-learned pilot |
| Context window | — | — |
| Public API | ||
| Routes models | ||
| Changes / 30d | 0 | 5 |
| Origin | Global | Global |
| Capabilities | Autonomous cargo, Hybrid-electric, Defence pilots | GPS-denied autonomy, No comms link required, VTOL fixed-wing, Third-party airframe ports, Autonomous AI Pilot, Mission Autonomy, ISR & Targeting, Teaming Drones |
V-BAT / Hivemind
Hivemind autonomy pilots the V-BAT VTOL aircraft and third-party jets without GPS or comms links.
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