Red Cat adds Apium to futures initiative to advance swarming autonomy for tactical drone systems - Defence Industry Europe

New tech to make drone swarms efficient, autonomous and stealth-ready

Arati Halbe (आरती हळबे) Mumbai 5 Nov 2025 Vertical take-off and Landing (VTOL) unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), such as drones used for photography, can just lift off the ground and fly, without needing a runway. They can hover and stop mid-air. They are thus very suitable for monitoring, surveillance and other tasks that require confined-space movement. Prof Dwaipayan Mukherjee and research scholar Chinmay Garanayak from the Indian Institute of…

Red Cat adds Apium to futures initiative to advance swarming autonomy for tactical drone systems - Defence Industry Europe

The demonstration, held at the Army’s ACM-UAS Industry Day in Fort Rucker, Alabama, showed how Apium-enabled drones performed autonomous multi-agent missions, highlighting the potential of decentralised swarming for tactical operations. “One to Many swarming is the future of autonomous warfare,” said Tyler MacCready, Founder and Chief Scientist at Apium. “However, there needs to be a balance between autonomy and operator accessibility to ensure …

Apium Joins Red Cat Futures Initiative to Advance Swarming Autonomy for Tactical Drones

After successful U.S. Army testing of Apium’s swarm autopilot on the Teal 2 platform, the partnership with Red Cat aims to bring next-generation swarm capability to the tactical edge. The U.S. drone and robotics companies Apium Swarm Robotics, Inc. (Apium) and Red Cat Holdings, Inc. (Red Cat) have announced a new partnership. On 4 November […] The post Apium Joins Red Cat Futures Initiative to Advance Swarming Autonomy for Tactical Drones appear…