Shield AI acquires Martin UAV

Shield AI announced today it has acquired Martin UAV, an aerospace company that makes the V-BAT unmanned aircraft.

San Diego-based Shield AI specializes in using a self-driving software known as Hivemind to allow unmanned systems to operate in GPS- and communications-denied environments. The company said today it would integrate Hivemind into the V-BAT.

Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

This is the second acquisition in as many weeks for Shield AI. Last week, the company announced it had bought Heron Systems.