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US Navy Researchers Get Drones To Swarm On Target

Posted by Soulskill on 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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  1. Chewie by MrKaos · · Score: 3, Funny

    I've got a bad feeling about this!

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  2. Re:They should use these... by amiga3D · · 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.

  3. Re:What about jamming by Needs2BeSaid · · Score: 3, Interesting

    The military is way ahead of you: http://www.slashgear.com/darpa...

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  4. Applications by Translation+Error · · Score: 3, Insightful

    All the comments about killing machines aside, it sounds like these could be of great benefit in search & rescue and fire fighting.

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