The Corps wants 15 suicide drones swarming from the hands of one front-line Marine
By: Shawn Snow   1 day ago
The Corps wants to put the power of a swarm of suicide drones, also known as loitering munitions, in the hands of one Marine.
It’s a plan to help boost lethality and independence of front-line troops operating in austere locations outside the striking range of manned aircraft.
The thought is to get a single operator to control up to 15 suicide drones with “minimal operator burden,†Capt. Matt Cornachio, a fires project officer with Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory, said during a media roundtable Thursday. And so far, the Corps has successfully tested a single operator controlling six drones at once.
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