Georgia Tech Applied Research Corp., Atlanta, Georgia, is awarded a $35,237,674 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for the effort titled “Heterogeneous Autonomy Prototyping Evolution.” This contract provides for the investigation of heterogeneity across the swarm and super swarm systems. Continue reading
Category Archives: Swarms
Raytheon Demonstrates Swarm Technology in DARPA Field Exercise
Raytheon Intelligence & Space, a Raytheon Technologies business, recently supported the fifth OFFensive Swarm-Enabled Tactics, or OFFSET, DARPA program field exercise. Using integrated swarm technology developed by a Raytheon BBN-led team, a single operator successfully controlled a swarm—composed of 130 physical drone platforms and 30 simulated drone platforms—both indoors and outdoors in an urban setting. Continue reading
Korean Air Inspects Aircraft with Drone Swarms
Korean Air, with its extensive experience in manned and unmanned aerial vehicle development, has developed a technology that can inspect aircraft using drone swarms. Continue reading
Elbit Systems Demonstrated Heterogeneous Swarm Capability to Netherlands Army
Elbit Systems has demonstrated to the RAS Concept Development & Experimentation Program of the Royal Netherlands Army the Company’s Robotic Autonomous Systems (RAS) capabilities for Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) missions utilizing heterogeneous autonomous swarms. Continue reading
Israel Continues Commercial Delivery Drone Tests
Dozens of drones floated through the skies of Tel Aviv on Monday, ferrying cartons of ice cream and sushi across the city in an experiment that officials hope provided a glimpse of the not-too-distant future. Continue reading
Poland’s WB Group Unveils Swarming UAV System
Poland’s WB Group is pushing its new W2MPIR swarming unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) system, which it says is designed to defeat an adversary’s layered air defences. Continue reading
Plymouth Rock Technologies Gets UAS Swarm Development Contract from Survey – AR
Plymouth Rock Technologies Inc., a company developing detection apparatus and unmanned technologies, is has announced the sale of custom drones to Survey-AR to deliver a drone swarm test capability. Continue reading
UK Royal Marines Train with Drone Swarms
Drones dived, sailed and flew together in a swarm in a first for the UK’s armed forces during experimental exercises with the Royal Marines. Continue reading