US Navy Researchers Get Drones To Swarm On Target

Posted by Soulskill on Tuesday April 14, 2015 @06:20PM from the teaching-skynet-how-to-kill-us dept.

coondoggie writes: The Office of Naval Research today said it had successfully demonstrated a system that lets small-unmanned aircraft swarm and act together over a particular target. The system, called Low-Cost UAV Swarming Technology (LOCUST) features a tube-based launcher that can send multiple drones into the air in rapid succession. The systems then use information sharing between the drones, allowing autonomous collaborative behavior in either defensive or offensive missions, the Navy said.

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We're all in the field of PR by recharged95 · 2015-04-14 19:24 · Score: 2, Informative

“This level of autonomous swarming flight has never been done before,” said Mastroianni. “
I beg to differ. Some groups I know of have been doing this (with vehicle to vehicle communication) since 2012.
Re:They should use these... by amiga3D · 2015-04-14 21:42 · Score: 3, Informative

Idiot. Why do you fools keep buying into that nonsense? There is only one party in Washington, the money party. It shows two faces to make foolish morons like you think they have a choice.