What the companies did reveal is operationally significant: Shield AI said the two ARMDs autonomously demonstrated reinforcement-learning behaviors, coordinated motions, and virtual-target pursuit, with the second flight showing more aggressive pursuit logic than the first; MHI said the software package was validated through AI training, simulation evaluation, and hardware-in-the-loop testing before installation on the aircraft. This is a different category of capability from a conventional autopilot following waypoints: it is mission autonomy intended to let an unmanned aircraft sense, decide, and maneuver with much less direct operator control.