The Pentagon Goes Big On Drone Swarms

Metal Shark's new unmanned vessel will work in clusters, delivering swarms of attack drones to hit targets at sea and on land METAL SHARK 

Forbes: Robot Motherships To Launch Drone Swarms From Sea, Underwater, Air And Near-Space 

Last week Louisiana-based shipbuilder Metal Shark announced that the U.S. Marine Corps had selected them to develop a Long Range Unmanned Surface Vessel (LRUSV), an 11-meter robot boat capable of operating autonomously and launching loitering munitions to attack targets at sea and on land. 

The unmanned boat is just the latest of a series of new platforms for launching drone swarms. “This tiered, scalable weapons system will provide the ability to accurately track and destroy targets at range throughout the battlespace,” according to Metal Shark’s press release. 

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WNU Editor: some more drone programs being developed .... These three companies won contracts for DARPA’s new LongShot drone (Defense News).