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V-BAT Reborn: Shield AI Drone Gets Lethal Muscle From LIG Nex1

Artist’s rendering of Shield AI’s V-BAT drone with LIG Nex1’s L-MDM laser-guided missile. Image: Shield AI

The V-BAT just got new teeth.

Shield AI is arming its vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) drone with South Korea’s laser-guided missile, turning the platform into a compact, precision strike asset.

The missile, known as LIG Multi-purpose Drone-launched Missile (L-MDM), is an air-to-ground weapon developed by LIG Nex1 for integration with rotary or fixed-wing intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) drones.

Read the full story on NextGen Defense: V-BAT Reborn: Shield AI Drone Gets Lethal Muscle From LIG Nex1

Tags autonomous aerial vehicleautonomous droneAutonomous drone flightautonomous systemsLIG Nex1Shield AIUnited States
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