Marines want to air-launch drone swarm out of V-22 Osprey

By Justin Doubleday / August 16, 2016 at 1:00 PM
Marine Corps testers and the Office of Naval Research are teaming up to potentially air-launch a swarm of unmanned aerial vehicles out the back of a V-22 Osprey. Marine Operational Test and Evaluation Squadron One (VMX-1) is working with ONR's Low-Cost UAV Swarming Technology (LOCUST) program to develop a plan for the test, according to Col. George Rowell, commanding officer of VMX-1. There is not yet a firm time line for the demonstration, he said. There have been some "prime...

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