The Indian Army, for one, seems to have taken the lessons well, as evidenced by its decision to acquire “battle-tested” V-BAT drones. Shield AI announces that its V-BAT vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) reconnaissance UAS have been selected by the Indian Army. V-BAT’s Hivemind AI autonomy software enables it to operate in GPS-denied and communications-jammed environments, which is its most significant feature. It was wildly successful,” the president and co-founder of Shield AI, Brandon Tseng, said. In April 2025, Shield AI announced that its Kyiv-based operations team had completed more than 130 V-BAT sorties in Ukraine.