The combat aircraft of the future should be accompanied by drones and be able to communicate in real time via satellites.
Dusseldorf Combat aircraft are to be accompanied by swarms of drones in the future. The Bundeswehr needs artificial intelligence (AI) for this. The Bundeswehr Planning Office has now commissioned Airbus Defense and Space with a second study on this.
As the Handelsblatt learned exclusively, the Munich-based company wants to test special swarm algorithms together with two start-ups.
Swarm technology gains military importance. China, the US and Russia have long been working on large swarms of drones. In the future, these could attack from the air, under water or on land and are difficult to fend off. In addition, as a networked system, they would be able to quickly reconnoiter a large area. The more autonomous the swarms become, the more powerful they become.
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