Shield AI Completes Acquisition of Aechelon Technology
Shield AI, the defense technology company building the world’s best AI pilots and next-generation aircraft, today announced the completion of its acquisition of Aechelon Technology, Inc, a leader in high-fidelity simulation, physics-based sensor modeling, and synthetic reality technologies. The transaction follows the successful close of Shield AI’s $2 billion strategic financing package, which includes $1.5 billion in Series G funding and $500 million in preferred equity financing, valuing the company at $12.7 billion post-money.
This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260622686487/en/ Shield AI announced the completion of its acquisition of Aechelon Technology, Inc.
The acquisition brings Aechelon's industry-leading visual simulation and synthetic environment technologies into Shield AI's product line, enabling deeper integration between Aechelon's advanced simulation capabilities and Shield AI's Hivemind AI pilot. Aechelon's simulation technology is widely recognized as the leading visual simulation solution used by the U.S. military, U.S. Coast Guard and allied nations. Aechelon’s products support a range of critical national security platforms, including the Pentagon’s Joint Simulation Environment (JSE). Before the acquisition, Aechelon was a portfolio company of Sagewind Capital.
