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Shield AI

American defense technology company

Shield AI is an American aerospace and defense technology company based in San Diego, California, United States. It develops artificial intelligence-powered fighter pilots, drones, and technology for defense operations.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

May 28, 2015Founded1
  • Industryaerospace industry, defence industry1
  • HeadquartersSan Diego1
  • Websiteshield.ai
  • Legal formcorporation1

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Shield AI is an American aerospace and defense technology company based in San Diego, California, United States. It develops artificial intelligence-powered fighter pilots, drones, and technology for defense operations.2

Corporate structure

Shield AI sits at the top of its group. 2 entities, 1 country on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

  • Shield AI San Diego
    • Heron Systems Subsidiary · United States

Built from subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0); major holders from Schedules 13D and 13G. Each entity in the chart links to its source.

Subsidiaries and ownership

Subsidiaries

  • Heron Systems since Jul 2021

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Acquisitions

  1. Jul 2021Heron Systems became a subsidiary1

Timeline

  1. May 28, 2015Founded Founded1

Funding

Where the company's money came from, by calendar year: private offerings filed with the SEC, federal grants, loans, contracts and other assistance from USAspending.gov, and PPP loans from the SBA. Each bar links to the records below.

Money received by year$101.4M 2018–2026
Money received by yearMoney received by year, 2018–2026: $101.4M in all. Federal contracts $101.4M.$0$20M$40M$60M2018 · Federal contracts: $50020182019 · Federal contracts: $43.7K2020 · Federal contracts: $1.5M20202021 · Federal contracts: $15.6M2022 · Federal contracts: $1.8M20222023 · Federal contracts: $7.5M2024 · Federal contracts: $11.6M20242025 · Federal contracts: $17.6M2026 · Federal contracts: $45.6M2026
Figures by year
YearFederal contractsTotal
2026$45.6M$45.6M
2025$17.6M$17.6M
2024$11.6M$11.6M
2023$7.5M$7.5M
2022$1.8M$1.8M
2021$15.6M$15.6M
2020$1.5M$1.5M
2019$43.7K$43.7K
2018$500$500

Federal awards

Obligated amounts from USAspending.gov3, by calendar year, 2018–2026, for its registration. Obligations are what agencies committed, not always what was paid out. Contracts pay for goods and services; grants, loans and direct payments are assistance. Loans are charted at the face value of the loans listed here. An award’s amount below is its lifetime total, and some began before the years charted.

Largest contracts

  1. Jul 27, 2020$16.4M from Department of the Air Force: Covid-19 reinforcement learning applied to the development of autonomous behaviors for multi-agent teams of small unmanned aerial systems4 To SHIELD AI INC Award FA864920C0158
  2. Feb 27, 2026$16.0M from U.S. Coast Guard: Vbat shore based services. task order for puerto rico.5 To SHIELD AI INC Award 70Z02326F93130005
  3. Sep 3, 2025$11.3M from Department of the Navy: V-bat vtol unmanned aircraft6 To SHIELD AI INC Award N0001925F0971
  4. Jul 1, 2024$9.9M from U.S. Coast Guard: This task order is for pre-deployment installation support, deployments 15-day, and uas mission coordinator courses.7 To SHIELD AI INC Award 70Z02324F93130001
  5. May 27, 2026$8.4M from U.S. Coast Guard: Task order for mr-uas guam shore expansion.8 To SHIELD AI INC Award 70Z02326F93130008

Sources

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