V-BAT VTOL Drone Faces Arctic Fury in Breakthrough Demo

Shield AI has put its V-BAT vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) drone to the test in the Arctic, pushing the aircraft through freezing temperatures and rough maritime weather without requiring any modifications.

During NATO’s HEIMDALL 26 exercise in Norway, the drone carried out multiple VTOL missions from the Norwegian Coast Guard vessel KV Olav Tryggvason, as well as from land-based sites.

The flights also placed the aircraft inside a NATO-aligned multi-domain network, where it functioned as an intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) node.

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