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U.S. Navy Plans to Fly First Drone Swarm This Summer
The U.S. Navy's LOw-Cost Unmanned aerial vehicle Swarming Technology (LOCUST) is a prototype tube-launched UAV. The LOCUST program will make possible the launch of multiple swarming UAVs to autonomously overwhelm and adversary. (U.S. Navy photo via YouTube)
POSTED BY: DAVID HAMBLING
JANUARY 4, 2016
What happens when a swarm of slow, low-performance drones attacks a modern warship? With defense systems able to knock down supersonic cruise missiles and fast jets, small drones ought to be a turkey shoot. In fact, the situation plays out very differently.
The U.S. Navy is a leader in the area of swarm warfare, the threat has been analyzed in a number of papers from the Naval Postgraduate School analyze the threat. Some of these are classified, but a 2012 paper by Loc Pham, “UAV Swarm Attack” is open and makes uncomfortable reading.
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More offset tech.......
putting one of these swarm UAV launchers seen in the video above on a ship would be insane.....
Because of copyright I won't be posting the full article, but If you want to view the whole article and postgraduate study scenario mentioned above, the rest of the article is here:
U.S. Navy Plans to Fly First Drone Swarm This Summer |
The U.S. Navy's LOw-Cost Unmanned aerial vehicle Swarming Technology (LOCUST) is a prototype tube-launched UAV. The LOCUST program will make possible the launch of multiple swarming UAVs to autonomously overwhelm and adversary. (U.S. Navy photo via YouTube)
POSTED BY: DAVID HAMBLING
JANUARY 4, 2016
What happens when a swarm of slow, low-performance drones attacks a modern warship? With defense systems able to knock down supersonic cruise missiles and fast jets, small drones ought to be a turkey shoot. In fact, the situation plays out very differently.
The U.S. Navy is a leader in the area of swarm warfare, the threat has been analyzed in a number of papers from the Naval Postgraduate School analyze the threat. Some of these are classified, but a 2012 paper by Loc Pham, “UAV Swarm Attack” is open and makes uncomfortable reading.
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More offset tech.......
Because of copyright I won't be posting the full article, but If you want to view the whole article and postgraduate study scenario mentioned above, the rest of the article is here:
U.S. Navy Plans to Fly First Drone Swarm This Summer |
