Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
U.S. Navy Evaluates Swarm Aero's Drone C2 Software
Recent FLEX exercise in Key West assessed coordination of air and sea assets
Fleet Experimentation exercise
U.S. Navy personnel on the USS Wichita trialled Swarm Aero's command and control software during the annual Fleet Experimentation exercise.

The U.S. Navy assessed Swarm Aero’s Legion command-and-control software during its recent Fleet Experimentation (FLEX) exercise in Key West, Florida. The California-based start-up, which is developing large uncrewed air systems (UAS), reported on June 30 that the U.S. Navy’s 4th Fleet used the technology to coordinate multiple air and sea assets in a full find, fix, track, engage and assess process.

In early June, Swarm Aero started building the first production example of its UAS, which it said falls within the Group 5 class defined by the U.S. Department of Defense. The company intends for these drones to operate in “swarm” mode in which clusters of aircraft would interact and complete tasks collectively, and with varying degrees of autonomy, sometimes in conjunction with piloted aircraft