In the future of urban warfare, swarms of autonomous drones and ground vehicles will win battles before they even begin. DARPA’s OFFensive Swarm-Enabled Tactics (OFFSET) program recently tested a swarm of 250 unmanned vehicles in a mock city at Camp Shelby Joint Forces Training Center in Mississippi. The test simulates an urban raid. Researchers can then study how swarm … [Read more...] about How Drone Swarms May Save Urban Warriors
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DARPA Tests Deploy Swarm Drones to Control City Blocks
The Pentagon’s top think-tank is thinking up a new way to secure urban objectives – it’s all in the drone swarm. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has launched a new field experiment in the OFFensive Swarm-Enabled Tactics (OFFSET) program. Teams of autonomous air and ground robots tested tactics on a mission to “isolate an urban objective” (translation – cut … [Read more...] about DARPA Tests Deploy Swarm Drones to Control City Blocks
The Pentagon Just Upped its Investment in this MIT Grads Startup to Increase Fight Endurance for Military Drones
It may be the biggest development in engines in 85 years - and could have major impact on drone development. A revolutionary engine design first demonstrated on the back of a go-kart is now proving its case for powering military drones and other autonomous vehicles. The LiquidPiston design offers significant progress in expanding the range and endurance of … [Read more...] about The Pentagon Just Upped its Investment in this MIT Grads Startup to Increase Fight Endurance for Military Drones
DARPA Waves Magic Funding Wand to Conjure Disappearing Drones
Two years ago, the Pentagon’s top think-tank issued a science-fiction level challenge to researchers – develop a disposable, vanishing drone. In 2015, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency released a funding proposal to create “a flock of small, single-use, unpowered delivery vehicles dropped from an aircraft, each of which literally vanishes after landing and … [Read more...] about DARPA Waves Magic Funding Wand to Conjure Disappearing Drones
DARPA Once Again Seeks New Ways to Defeat Rogue Drones
The American military’s top think-tank is once again looking to researchers to create new and better drone mitigation solutions. Last week, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency issued a Request for Information (RFI) to “identify promising [drone]-sensing and -neutralization technologies that could augment or complement [DARPA’s Mobile Force Protection (MFP)] program … [Read more...] about DARPA Once Again Seeks New Ways to Defeat Rogue Drones
