Watch the US Navy's drone CANNON: Weapon will shoot 30 swarm bots into the sky in under a minute

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Watch the US Navy's drone CANNON: Weapon will shoot 30 swarm bots into the sky in under a minute in 'new era' for warfare

• Drones are launched one after the other from tube-like launcher
• Once airborne, the drones fly together like geese
• Can swap information and work together to bomb targets - or defend

ByMARK PRIGG FOR DAILYMAIL.COM

PUBLISHED:23:06 GMT, 15 April 2015|UPDATED:23:14 GMT, 15 April 2015

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  It could be the ultimate weapon - a cannon capable of launching not missiles, but drones.
  
  The US Navy says its system will be able to launch a 30 drone 'swarm' in under a minute.
  
  They will then be able to fly together to carry out missions.
  
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  The drones being launched from a tube, unfurling their wings as they begin to fly under their own power.
  
  HOW IT WORKS
  The system includes a tube-based 'cannon' launcher that can send UAVs into the air in rapid succession.
  
  It allows information-sharing between the UAVs, enabling them to work together on both defensive or offensive missions.
  
  One example shows the craft working together to bomb a collection of buildings, constantly updating each other on what is happening.
  
  The US Navy says the drones are a 'new era in autonomy and unmanned systems for naval operations'.
  
  The are being developed byofficials at the Office of Naval Research (ONR), and are announced today recent technology demonstrations of swarming unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) — part of the Low-Cost UAV Swarming Technology (LOCUST) program.
  
  LOCUST can launch swarming UAVs to autonomously overwhelm an adversary.
  
  The deployment of UAV swarms will provide Sailors and Marines a decisive tactical advantage.
  
  'The recent demonstrations are an important step on the way to the 2016 ship-based demonstration of 30 rapidly launched autonomous, swarming UAVs,' said ONR program manager Lee Mastroianni.
  
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  The LOCUST program includes a tube-based launcher that can send UAVs into the air in rapid succession.
  
  The system then utilizes information-sharing between the UAVs, enabling autonomous collaborative behavior in either defensive or offensive missions.
  
  Since the launcher and the UAVs themselves have a small footprint, the technology enables swarms of compact UAVs to take off from ships, tactical vehicles, aircraft or other unmanned platforms.
  
  Defense Oneat Navy League's Sea Air Space conference outside of Washington, 'In 3-D space you're doing maneuvers, so that's very complex.
  
  'The other part of it is the ability to disaggregate and re-aggregate components,' he said.
  
  'That means telling the drones 'I need three of you to break off and go kill something or do some [intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, or ISR,] come back and reform.
  
  ''It's very, very dynamic.'
  
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  • The Navy is Preparing To Launch Swarm Bots Out of Cannons - Defense One
  
  
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[C130]

looks like that switchblade killer drone I heard about while back.

 

[Khalid Newazi]

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"For Immediate Release: April 14, 2015
By David Smalley, Office of Naval Research
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — A new era in autonomy and unmanned systems for naval operations is on the horizon, as officials at the Office of Naval Research (ONR) announced today recent technology demonstrations of swarming unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) — part of the Low-Cost UAV Swarming Technology (LOCUST) program.
LOCUST can launch swarming UAVs to autonomously overwhelm an adversary. The deployment of UAV swarms will provide Sailors and Marines a decisive tactical advantage. (Watch: LOCUST video on YouTube)"

News: Autonomous, swarming UAVs fly into the future - Office of Naval Research