In Brief Autonomous military aircraft maker Shield AI has raised $1.5 billion in Series G funding at a $12.7 billion post-money valuation, the company announced on Tuesday. The deal was led by PE firm Advent (which has a $1 billion budget to invest in defense tech it says) and a JPMorganChase investment group.In addition, Shield AI sold $500 million of preferred shares to funds managed by Blackstone (and also lined up a $250 million loan that it can draw on later). This capital is helping Shield acquire Aec ...