RTX, Shield AI Partner to Integrate Advanced AI, Autonomy into Defense Products

RTX Corporation (NYSE:RTX) is one of the best US stocks to buy and hold in 2025. On July 1, RTX announced a partnership with Shield AI. The collaboration will integrate Shield AI’s advanced capabilities, such as its Hivemind autonomy software and Visual Detection and Ranging/ViDAR software, into select RTX defense products, such as loitering munitions and sensors.

This work will be fully funded by RTX and Shield AI themselves, without government investment. RTX plans to integrate Shield AI’s Hivemind, which is an AI pilot for military and commercial aircraft, enabling missions without GPS, communications, or remote piloting, to field the first operational weapon powered by Networked Collaborative Autonomy/NCA.

NCA is a breakthrough technology that combines real-time coordination, resilience, and combat-proven firepower. Additionally, Shield AI’s ViDAR software, which enables automated AI-based sensor autonomy for detecting, identifying, geolocating, and tracking objects using wide-area motion imagery, will be integrated with RTX’s Multi-Spectral Targeting System/MTS.

RTX Corporation (NYSE:RTX) is an aerospace and defense company that provides systems and services for commercial, military, and government customers in the US and internationally.

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