Unmanned Ground and Aerial Vehicle Swarm Technology to be Demonstrated
Swarm technology enables unmanned ground or aerial vehicles to move together in swarms of dozens of vehicles at the same time and in coordination....
US Marines Enhancing Their UAVs Swarm Capabilities
The Marines have been boosting the development of UAVs swarm capabilities, using the manned-unmanned airlift concept.
The Low-Cost Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Swarming Technology, also known...
Drone Swarms – Effective Counter-UAS Solution?
Swarming unmanned aircraft systems could be a solution for spoofing or jamming enemy drones and solve the shot doctrine problem when exercising counter-UAS capabilities.
Cintel’s...
Swarm UAV Capabilities will Enhance Ground Units Effectiveness
Canyons limit military communications, mobility, and tactics. These challenges become even more daunting when US forces are in areas they do not control—where they...
Swarm Technology Applied to Autonomous Naval Battlefield
In a recent US Navy autonomous swarm boat demonstration, waterborne robots collaborated to identify, surround, and harass an enemy vessel. The boats can identify a...
DARPA Developing Unique Use of UASs in Swarm
The US agency DARPA (the Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency) has recently announced the completion of phase 1 in its Gremlins program, which envisions...
Swarm UAV Capabilities will Enhance Ground Units Effectiveness
Urban canyons limit military communications, mobility, and tactics. These challenges become even more daunting when US forces are in areas they do not control—where...
Looking for Young Minds to Solve UAVs Swarm Riddle
UAVs and other robots have become increasingly affordable, capable, and available to both the U.S. military and adversaries alike. Enabling UAVs and similar assets...
Record Number of Drones Flying in Swarm
A world record was set for the largest drone swarm ever deployed during an aerial show in China. A swarm of 1,180 coordinated drones...
Drones – Favorite Counter Drone Swarm Weapon
The threat of swarming drones has become an ever-growing challenge, especially as even small terror and militia groups have managed to weaponize small commercial...
Robot-Human Teaming Program is Gaining Momentum
DARPA has been accelerating its efforts to develop tactics for deploying swarms of unmanned aircraft and ground vehicles to help U.S. soldiers in urban...
Israel to Launch First Ever Autonomous Nanosatellites on Formation Flying
A group of three nanosatellites that will fly on a controlled formation flying for the first time will be launched at the end of...
New Swarm Technology For Guard Robots
Despite perimeter fences and other site barriers, intrusion into protected areas is not uncommon. When trespassing is detected in a protected area, the main...
One More Step Toward Drones Autonomy
In order for quadrotor drones to work together in swarms, most drones rely on technology such as GPS or an external motion-capture system to...
Drone Swarm Will Help Military in Urban Warfare
Researchers envision swarms of more than 250 autonomous vehicles – multi-rotor aerial drones, and ground rovers – to gather information and assist troops in...
The Future of Swarm Robotics
Swarm robotics have an expanding variety of uses, ranging from industrial to military and defense purposes. Back in 2015, the University of Lincoln unveiled...
Drone Swarms Are A Big Threat To Infantry
The emergence of inexpensive small unmanned aircraft systems (sUASs) that operate without a human pilot has led to adversarial groups threatening deployed U.S. forces,...
Self-Charging Drones are Closer Than Ever
Disrupting drone mid-flight for recharge may soon become a thing of the past. An American company with an engineering center in Russia has developed...
New Training Simulator for Drone Swarm Attack
A new target system that allows anti-aircraft gunners to practice repelling an attack by a swarm of drones, is developed by the Russian Kupol...
Shifting to New Drone Attack Strategies
The US Army has been leading a Small-UAS Roadmap, which calls for increased interoperability, autonomy and command and control to expand the range and...
Watch Raytheon’s Counter-UAV Microwave Technology Performance
Raytheon and the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory worked together under a $2 million contract to test and demonstrate high-power microwave, counter-UAV technologies. Their...
How to Confront Drone Swarm Attack?
Small drones can cause destructive results if they are armed with weapons, especially when there are dozens of them flying in swarm in close...
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The Battlefield Vehicle of the Future May Drive Itself
Modern military ground operations are increasingly moving toward autonomous systems capable of operating in contested environments with reduced risk to personnel. However, developing military...
