Watch US Army drone swarm test strike 3 targets in Swarm Forge demo

The article discusses a significant advancement in drone warfare demonstrated by the US Department of War’s Swarm Forge initiative. A Pentagon-released video showcases a live-fire test where a single operator successfully commands a swarm of three small attack drones to simultaneously strike three separate targets. This event marks the first known instance of a one-to-many lethal drone strike controlled by a single human operator. The drones, equipped with Kraken Kinetic warheads and operated by Auterion’s Nemyx swarm software, function autonomously as a coordinated swarm rather than being manually piloted. The system allows the drones to communicate, assign targets dynamically, and continue their mission even if communication is lost or a drone is destroyed, reflecting a historic level of trust in autonomous swarm technology. Auterion emphasizes that the innovation lies primarily in the software, not the drone hardware itself. The tested drones are inexpensive, small quadcopters with limited range and payload, but their effectiveness is greatly enhanced through swarm coordination. The Nemyx software includes