DARPA Seeks To Adapt Thousands Of Drones With Military Autonomy

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The U.S. Army now wants to buy another 12,000 small, short-range reconnaissance (SRR) drones over the next decade, according to the CEO of one of the competing firms. 

Tens of thousands of small commercial drones could be acquired by the military and adapted rapidly with mission-specific autonomy software under a new DARPA-funded program. The Rapid Experimental Missonized Autonomy (REMA) program—worth a total of $25 million spread across multiple anticipated...
Steve Trimble

Steve covers military aviation, missiles and space for the Aviation Week Network, based in Washington DC.

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