The solution was designed on the basis of the Supercam unmanned aerial vehicles

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Rostec State Corporation has developed an attack drone swarming technology. Combat drones within such system share target information automatically. The solution has been preliminary tested at a proving ground with engaging practice targets. 

The solution was designed on the basis of the Supercam UAVs. It includes aircraft-type loitering munitions, launchers and a truck-mounted control station with improved data transmission systems. 

“During testing, a swarm of drones loitered over an area, searching for targets. A drone that was the first to detect the target sent data to other drones in the swarm. Then the target was confirmed by the human operator, and engaged by all swarm drones afterwards. This technology enables a single operator to control ten loitering munitions at a time. The system’s neural network identifies the detected targets on its own and distributes tasks among the loitering munitions — establishes a sequence of attack and assigns a data recording drone. System testing will be continued,” said Rostec’s representatives. 

In future, the drone swarming technology can be effectively used for air defense penetration and assured destruction of most complex targets by a combined attack.