Fighter-Launched Micro-Drones Form Swarm

The U.S. Defense Department demonstrated a mission with a swarm of aircraft-launched micro-drones in late 2016, indicates a video released on Jan. 10. The swarm of 103 Perdix mini-UAVs was released from three Boeing F/A-18 Super Hornets over China Lake, California, in the October demo staged by the...

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