L3 unveils new low-bandwidth, high-autonomy drone swarm tech

A new drone swarm piloting program from L3Harris, released today, allows a single operator to control multiple drones across several vehicle types in different domains during government-managed tests—and company officials told reporters they expect to eventually be able to scale that up to thousands. The development comes as the Pentagon struggles with how it could manage swarms of drones in a conflict rife with electromagnetic attacks on communications.To achieve the desired scale, the co