by David Hambling | Jan 11, 2021 | Latest Posts
An Israeli company is now offering commercial swarming software so a single operator can handle a fleet of drones on their own. This indicates how mature the technology is, and that is is likely to proliferate rapidly among both state and non-state actors. Details of...
by David Hambling | Jan 11, 2021 | Latest Posts
Drones are already a danger on the battlefield, and “large-scale adversarial swarms” are now an “imminent threat” according to Isaac Kaminer, an engineering professor at the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School who is an expert in the subject of swarming and counter...
by David Hambling | Jan 11, 2021 | Latest Posts
‘Weapon of Mass Destruction’ is a term used in arms-control circles signifying something capable of damage on a large scale and subject to international treaties. Analyst Zak Kallenborn argues in a recent study for the U.S. Air Force Center for Strategic Deterrence...
by David Hambling | Jan 11, 2021 | Latest Posts
CETC, a state-owned Chinese company, has released a new video claiming to show the successful test of a ‘barrage swarm’ that launches 48 attack drones to saturate a target. It is described as the first practical Chinese swarming drone system. Full details in this...
by David Hambling | Dec 18, 2019 | Latest Posts
The Kargu drone is a small, seven-kilo quadcopter with an explosive warhead , able to operate in a swarm, as shown by this video released by makes STM: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3d28APIfwSI Kargu can also be controlled directly.According to the company CEO,...
by David Hambling | Feb 19, 2019 | Latest Posts
The US Navy’s LOCUST drone swarm plans continue to evolve. One aspect is that swarms will now be launched to carry out defence-suppression – basically taking out the radars required by surface-to-air missiles – from unmanned underwater vehivles....
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