Thirty X-8’s swarm for the Office of Naval Research

Thirty X-8’s swarm for the Office of Naval Research

gtri locust

I don’t think I have ever seen as many Skywalker X8s in the same place. A great video,like the lost one in the woods.

The LOw-Cost Unmanned aerial vehicle Swarming Technology (LOCUST) is a prototype tube-launched UAV. The LOCUST program will make possible the launch of multiple swarming UAVs to autonomously overwhelm and adversary.


Gary Mortimer

Founder and Editor of sUAS News | Gary Mortimer has been a commercial balloon pilot for 25 years and also flies full-size helicopters. Prior to that, he made tea and coffee in air traffic control towers across the UK as a member of the Royal Air Force.