9 years ago
US Navy develops cannon-launched 'swarming' drones
The US Navy is developing unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), or drones, that can be launched from a cannon and "swarm" in a co-ordinated attack. The drones will be able to fly autonomously and "overwhelm an adversary", the US Office of Naval Research said of its Low-cost UAV Swarming Technology (Locust) programme. Wings unfold once the drones are in the air and then they can fly in formation. The US Navy plans to demonstrate the launch of 30 Locust drones in 2016.
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