Tag: drone swarms
China Built A Mothership For Training Its Forces To Defend Against Drone Swarms
The vessel and its drones underscore China’s focus on swarm capabilities and its appreciation for the risks they pose to its own navy.
C-130 Successfully Snatches Gremlins Drone In Midair
Recent tests demonstrated that a mothership aircraft could launch and recover an X-61A Gremlins drone in flight.
Israel Begins Testing Giant Radar Blimp For Spotting Low-Flying Missiles
As cruise missile and drone threats proliferate in the region, Israel is trying to succeed where the U.S. failed with its own radar blimp concept.
Competition To Build An Army Stryker That Zaps Drone Swarms Heats Up
A Stryker armed with a high-power microwave weapon joins a field with two other designs equipped with turreted lasers.
Chinese Flying Wing Drones Launch Swarming Decoys At Enemy Warships In Industry Video
A video presentation from the Aviation Industry Corporation of China points to new swarming drone and electronic warfare ambitions.
DoE’s Extreme-Security Nevada Test Site Touts The “Ultimate Playground” For Drone Tests
Video posted on YouTube shows off the unique drone and anti-drone testing facility known as Port Gaston located deep within restricted airspace.
DARPA’s Interceptor Drone Shoots “Stringy Streamers” To Drop Enemy Drones
DARPA has shared footage of a recent successful demonstration of its Mobile Force Protection concept aimed at defeating swarms of small drones.
Huge Navy Unmanned-Focused Experiment Underway Featuring Live Missile Shoot And ‘Super Swarms’
The Navy has kicked off a first-of-its-kind drill off the coast of California that will incorporate various highly-networked unmanned capabilities.
Pentagon Unveils Details On Effort To Equip Its Services With Massive Swarms Of Deadly Drones
The Pentagon has quietly laid critical groundwork for fielding weaponized swarms of drones across all of the services.