
U.S. Marines Deploy V-BAT Reconnaissance Drone from Warship in South China Sea
The 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, embarked aboard USS Portland, has operated V-BAT vertical take-off and landing ISR drones over the South China Sea. Co-developed by Shield AI and Northrop Grumman, the V-BAT features Hivemind autonomous flight software enabling operations under GPS jamming and communications blackouts. With up to 10 hours of endurance, the system is now in full-rate production as the MQ-35A.
Source: DroneXL










