US DoD Demos Drone Swarm

[OJsDad]

God save us from Skynet!

Watch US F-18 fighter jets releasing a swarm of Perdix micro-UAV swarm during a Naval Air Systems Command's demonstration held at China Lake, California. Measured at just six inches, the micro drones are capable of confusing enemy defenses and blocking radar signals. The drones are not pre-programmed synchronized individuals, but a collective organism, sharing one distributed brain for decision-making and adapting to each other like swarms in nature. Consisted of 103 Perdix micro drones, this is the largest-ever test for the cutting-edge swarm technology.

[MikeGER]

yeah, times they are a changin super fast!
(living in a time where the military just revealed they had tested (since two years !) a swarm of 103 mini-drones dropped at mach 0.6 from a F/A 18 to accomplish several (simulated /no warheads yet) tasks over an area of interest as a birds swarm-AI)   

https://www.defense.gov/News/News-Releases/News-Release-View/Article/1044811/department-of-defense-announces-successful-micro-drone-demonstration?source=GovDelivery

consider what even the latest hobbyists drone for $1000 is capable of
(our Jarhead, would love the new DJI Mavic pro!  O0  https://youtu.be/Qq9GX9wazrA review: https://youtu.be/Er14AtwT59k
if he not already have one patrol up to 7 klicks from his property, evading obstacles in its way on its own, while sending 4k life footage and can be tasked to visual track (onboard image analyse) a given objects with a fingertip ;)  ...if a person hides behind a tree, that thing waits! until the locked-on objects show up again and continue until 27min its battery life demands an automatic return to the home-plate.... just imagine it would also had a wireless autocharge option at its home state or you have two that  where then able to do a hand over on automatic too )

[GDS_Starfury]

so what could this dispenser do?