Self-Assembling Autonomous Drones Launched

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Nicholas West

The use of drones is finally well out into the open. Some aspects of drones are still seen as fringe, however. The idea of autonomous drones is one area that still hasn't emerged into mainstream media. So, as the debate still rests upon whether or not to use drones in America - or if they should be weaponized or not, scientists are already working on the next level of drone evolution.

The military has announced the success of autonomous drones in the following areas:

• Navy Successfully Tests Autonomous Drone Landings
• Autonomous Drone Swarms Set to Launch, "Reducing Burden" on Humans
• Project MUSIC officially integrates unmanned and manned aircraft in combat

But how about autonomous drones that can self-assemble, with each individual component deciding for itself how to create its flight design and path? It's called a Distributed Flight Array, and it is poised to redefine the potential drones of the future.

Helicopter lost over Libya is new US drone: officials

An unmanned MQ-8B Fire Scout
© AFP/File Jim Watson

AFP

WASHINGTON (AFP) - A drone helicopter that lost radar contact with NATO over Libya is a Fire Scout, an unmanned US chopper, defense officials said Tuesday, revealing the use of the new robotic aircraft in the war.

"We don't know yet" why NATO's command center in Naples, Italy lost contact with the MQ-8B Fire Scout, a US defense official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, told AFP.

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