Unmanned
Small UAS swarms and battle management: The evolving warfare landscape - Story
September 10, 2024Modern militaries face a new friend and foe: small uncrewed aircraft systems (sUASs). While these small craft enhance mission capabilities, they also pose serious threats when used by the enemy. The presence of sUAS swarms demands a shift to autonomous, artificial intelligence (AI)-driven countermeasures that optimize sensor resource management for smart real-time decision-making and situational awareness. Sensor resource management for the battlefield optimizes communications between systems enabling enhanced command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (C4ISR); UASs and sUASs; position, navigation, and timing (PNT); electronic warfare (EW) capability; and connection to a larger defense network.
