Drones

Air Force sees early success with swarming mini-drone technology

The U.S. Air Force is hoping algorithms based on bee behavior will allow swarming mini-drones to disrupt enemy radar. Air Force scientists say they are making progress on technology for unmanned aircraft vehicles that will turn fleets of the miniature aircraft into weaponized swarms. “It is built on the biological concept of say a swarm of bees, for example, where you can see a lot of them fly as a group, but they do not run into each other.