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Navy/USMC

ONR To Launch Swarm Of 30 UAVs From Ship

By Marc Selinger

Friday, July 22nd, 2016

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ONR To Launch Swarm Of 30 UAVs From Ship

An upgraded Coyote Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) flies over the Avon Park Air Force Range, Fla. during a January 2016 demonstration flight. (Photo: NOAA)

The Office of Naval Research (ONR) is gearing up to conduct a swarming technology demonstration in which 30 small Coyote unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) will be tube-launched within two minutes from a ship in the Gulf of Mexico.The event by the Low-Cost UAV Swarming Technology (LOCUST) program is scheduled to occur the week of July 25, said Rear Adm. Mathias Winter, chief of naval research. Earlier LOCUST demonstrations have involved five to 10 UAVs.LOCUST is designed to help the Navy…

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