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AUKUS Partners Test Test AI/ Autonomy Pillar II Drone Swarm

AUKUS Partners Test Test AI/ Autonomy Pillar II Drone Swarm
Blue Bear Ghost unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) being used in an April 29, 2023 AUKUS Pillar II artificial intelligence and autonomy systems demonstration in Upavon in Wiltshire, UK. (Photo: U.K. Ministry of Defence)

The three AUKUS partner countries recently tested artificial drone intelligence (AI) and autonomy systems in a swarm setting as part of the non-submarine parts of the tripartite collaboration. The U.K. hosted a demonstration at Upavon in Wiltshire, U.K. on April 28 with contributions by the U.S. and Australia governments to test the first AI/autonomy trial of its kind, with their assets acting in a “collaborative swarm to detect and track military targets in a representative environment in real time,” the…

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