L3Harris Technologies and Shield AI have completed the first flight test of the electromagnetic battle management ecosystem known as Distributed Spectrum Collaboration and Operations (DiSCO™) with Shield AI’s Hivemind mission-autonomy software.
The flight demonstration, performed on an L3Harris Green Wolf, follows a simulated test in February 2026. The companies report that uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS) detected, analysed and responded to electromagnetic threats without human intervention on a live flight test range. Hivemind, on board the Green Wolf, commanded the aircraft based on threat data from DiSCO, autonomously rerouting follow-on UAS through a safe operating zone without human input.
The flight test featured the compact Deceptor™ electronic warfare payload deployed on multiple UAS. The companies said that the mission scenario validated the ability for a UAS to sense and characterise unknown threats, share data through DiSCO and leverage Hivemind to autonomously route follow-on UAS through a safe operating zone in real time.
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