ONR: Swarming UAVs Could Overwhelm Defenses Cost-Effectively

Credit: Graham Warwick/AW&ST
A demonstration to show whether autonomous, swarming small unmanned aircraft can overwhelm an adversary more cost-effectively than conventional weapon systems is planned for fiscal 2016 by the Office of Naval Research (ONR). Under the Low-Cost UAV Swarming Technology (Locust) program, ONR plans to...
Graham Warwick

Graham leads Aviation Week's coverage of technology, focusing on engineering and technology across the aerospace industry, with a special focus on identifying technologies of strategic importance to aviation, aerospace and defense.

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