Military planners are looking to drone swarms as both a threat and opportunity as the technology develops into a way to attack, defend or even deliver logistics.
But short-range, small drone swarms have a problem: flight time.
Most man-portable drones can run for less than 30 minutes before needing a recharge. That’s fine for a suicide drone not coming back to its pilot or even for a scouting drone doing a quick reconnaissance.
But when the plans call for dozens, hundreds, perhaps thousands of drones to flood the low-flying airspace, what’s a drone operator to do?
Well, Army researchers are tackling that problem with a variety of methods. One of which includes an Unmanned Ground Vehicle weaving across the land space, acting as a charging station for hordes of drones as they conduct their resupply missions.
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