New Military Tech Lets One Person Fly Swarm of 130 Drones

The Pentagon helped develop technology that allows a single person to control 130 drones for military operations.

The project is being worked on by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. According to the press release, the team successfully tested their new technology in an indoor and outdoor setting.

The swarm was made up of 130 physical drones as well as 30 simulation drones. The software and hardware used in the swarm allows an operator to command a swarm with minimal training, according to the company.

Clark said that controlling a swarm of drones changes the way operators think about drones. TheTakeaways help inform us of the inflection points between utility and manageability.

The command post is for virtual reality.

The operator will not be using a joystick to control the swarm at a desk. They will use a virtual reality interface that allows them to look through each drone individually. This creates an interactive virtual view of the environment.

You can use the virtual reality environment to test your mission by looking behind the building and seeing the locations of drones.
Operators can give voice commands to the swarm with the speech interface created by the team. Clark said that this will allow the operator to act quickly.

The image of a swarm of drones flying into warfare is compelling. It's mind-blowing to know that a single person is controlling them using virtual reality and voice commands.

The solution from Space and Raytheon Intelligence shines in a field exercise.

The US military was horrified by Chinese military spending money on the same things.

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