US-based Shield AI has secured a contract to supply an undisclosed number of its V-BAT small unmanned aircraft systems (sUASs ...

WASHINGTON — The Japanese navy has agreed to buy an undisclosed number of V-BAT drones from American firm Shield AI, bolstering the service’s sea-based awareness through what the company ...

Japan’s Maritime Self-Defense Force will begin receiving MQ-35 V-BAT drones, manufactured by the American company Shield AI, ...

Shield AI's V-BAT will be the first-ever shipboard drone used by the Japanese navy to collect intelligence and surveil ...

Shield AI, the defense technology company building an AI-powered autonomy software platform and tools for the ...

A Shield AI-made V-BAT drone lands on the USS Arlington in 2022. Photo: John Bellino/DVIDS ...

Kyoto-based Mitsufuji got its start nearly 70 years ago as a weaver of decorative belts for kimonos. One day soon, it could be spinning high-tech fibres to shield fighter jets from electromagnetic ...

Five households in the immediate vicinity of a massive, ever-widening sinkhole near Tokyo were urged to evacuate Sunday, with efforts to rescue a man stuck inside reportedly halted. A 74-year-old ...

Japanese media are still failing to report sexual assault cases properly, a key figure in the country's nascent #MeToo movement told AFP in the wake of the scandal surrounding celebrity Masahiro Nakai ...

TOKYO/BEIJING (Reuters) -A Chinese court has sentenced a man to death over the fatal stabbing of a Japanese boy in the ...

22, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Shield AI, the defense technology company ... has been selected by the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) as the country's first-ever maritime-based intelligence ...

Under the agreement, the JMSDF will acquire multiple V-BAT UAS from Shield AI, enhancing the surveillance and intelligence-gathering capabilities of its surface vessels. "Japan is a vital ally in ...