Airbus MQ-72C Helicopter Drone Makes First Autonomous Test Flight with Hivemind AI

Airbus partnered with Shield AI to integrate the latter’s Hivemind autonomous flight software for the U.S. Marine Corps’ Aerial Logistics Connector (ALC) program. Shield AI and Airbus U.S. Space and Defense announced on Aug. 19, 2025 the flight of the MQ-72C Lakota unmanned rotary-wing platform with the Hivemind autonomous flight software, in support of the […]