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HARSTAD, Norway (March 3, 2026) – Shield AI, the deep-tech company building state-of-the-art autonomy software products and aircraft, demonstrated Arctic-ready, ship-based intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) capabilities during NATO’s HEIMDALL 26 exercise in Norway.

Hosted by the NATO Center of Excellence for Cold Weather Operations (CEO-CWO) between February 17 and 26, HEIMDALL served as the validation of NATO’s Arctic experimentation arena, evaluating manned-unmanned teaming concepts and the integration of ISR data into the NATO Federated Mission Network and Multi Domain Operation (MDO) framework. The exercise served as an opportunity to validate V-BAT’s ability to operate in extreme cold and maritime conditions without aircraft modifications.

“HEIMDALL was an excellent opportunity to prove V-BAT’s performance in real-world Arctic conditions. We launched from land and from smaller vessels, operated in harsh weather, and conducted surveillance across both maritime and land domains. V-BAT serves as a force multiplier in contested maritime environments by giving commanders reliable ISR wherever they operate. From the Caribbean to the high Arctic, V-BAT provides a dependable capability to support maritime and amphibious missions,” said Brandon Tseng, Shield AI’s president and co-founder and former Navy SEAL.

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