Has the technology been cracked by the United States? Domestic swarm drones demonstrate autonomous flight, detection and destruction
CETC showed a surprising video. There are dozens of drones in the video, and a swarm of drones is dispatched. From the orderly formation to the group attack and destruction of the target, it is all done in one go. And this entire process requires no human intervention. Therefore, the level of intelligence is very high, which naturally attracted the attention and reports of many foreign media.
They all said that our cluster drone control technology has made breakthrough progress. However, India's "Eurasia Times" published a report stating that this technology has been cracked by the United States. And it is the United States' integrated air and missile defense and anti-drone, expert David Shank found through analysis of this video. There may be many human factors involved in control.
In other words, they think this may be just a "large drone show". It is understood that this video has been widely circulated on Twitter. What is shown on the screen is a 48-tube launcher. After speeding to the scene, the confrontation officially began. However, after the video, the launch process of the drone was not shown.
Fortunately, it is shown that it can fly and search autonomously. and Formation and Search, plus Convergence and Formation Again. All the way to the final "autonomous attack" and the entire process of "destroying the target". It is worth noting that this may be the first time in our country. Show us to the outside world, large-scale swarm drone tactics.
As for the United States’ comprehensive air defense and missile defense and anti-drone expert, David Shank, he also expressed great interest in our electronic cluster drone control technology this time. . He then carefully analyzed the video, and also planned to discover the control technology in it, and whether there was learning or control loopholes discovered.
And he didn’t expect that after observing, he actually discovered several problems in the video. The first is that there is no physical drone flight record in the video; the second is that there is no video feedback from the camera in the video; and the last is that in this video, there is no video integration process.
David said that this is not in line with the conventional video processing of swarm drone control. The reason is that these videos are all materials that are "naturally accumulated" during the cluster control process. So when making a video, there is no reason not to cut it in. And he feels that drone swarm control technology has been around for decades. In fact, it has been a technology that all countries have been making breakthroughs for a long time.
And although its difficulty is quite high, it is not unique. So David feels that this video does not show decisive content. It's just a drone, a simulation exercise of attack video. But I have to say that this video does have this problem.
The main thing is that there are no physical materials, but only the "running" formations and searches on the computer, as well as the attack process. So we, too, cannot refute David’s conclusion. After all, there is only so much data. But even David came to this conclusion based on analysis. But it is undeniable that we are already a globally recognized leader in drone technology.
And this can be seen from the fact that we have the most diverse attack, surveillance, and logistics drones in the world. Not to mention that the world's leading manufacturer of personal recreational drones is one of our companies, DJI. Moreover, their ready-made products in the commercial market are being used by Russia and Ukraine in the Russo-Ukrainian war.