U.S. Army Puts Defenses To A ‘Stress Test’ Using Massive Drone Swarms

U.S. Army Puts Defenses To A ‘Stress Test’ Using Massive Drone Swarms

Swarms of up to 100 drones plus a mothership challenged attack helicopters and sensors at detecting and stopping them during a recent large-scale exercise at Fort Bragg.

Army Pits Troops Against 100-Drone Swarms and a Robotic Mothership at Fort Bragg

TAKEAWAYS UP FRONT The U.S. Army’s XVIII Airborne Corps flew coordinated swarms of as many as 100 drones against its own troops at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, and put its air defenses up against an autonomous aircraft built to launch a swarm of its own. The week-long experiment, Scarlet Dragon 26-3, ran from September 11 […]

America's Contingency Corps Trains Against the Drone Threat of the Next War

FORT BRAGG, N.C. — The character of warfare is changing, and the growing use of unmanned aircraft systems on battlefields around the world is forcing milita ...

U.S. Army tests layered defenses against 100-drone swarms at Fort Bragg, preparing for the unmanned threat of the next war

Held from September 11 to 17, the event brought soldiers and technology companies together under realistic field conditions. It combined artificial intelligence, sensors, electronic warfare, command and control, resilient data pathways and defensive fires. “The Scarlet Dragon exercise has become a validation exercise in the dirt with Soldiers doing integrated, real-world operational-type tasks,” said Col. Tom Monahan, director of the XVIII Airbo…