"Most are downed by Russian jamming that causes the operators to lose the radio control signal or scramble their GPS signal. In the bitter fighting for Bakhmut, the Russian EW operations were so intense that drones could fly only a few hundred yards from their operators before they lost the link. "
Great article. Two related thoughts, one minor and the other vexing: There's interesting work going on now that seeks to support high-precision location capability independent of GPS or other radio-wave based systems. Perfect and miniaturize that and drones may become resistant to EW measures. Once the drone always knows where it is, it can continue with its mission. This is where employment of AI becomes obvious, so that the drone in flight can adapt to a changing battlefield. I believe that the U.S. military is hitherto insistent on keeping a human in the kill-chain decision path. In an EW jammed-up environment, how long before one side unleashes independent AI-controlled weapons and forgoes a human hand on the joystick?
"Most are downed by Russian jamming that causes the operators to lose the radio control signal or scramble their GPS signal. In the bitter fighting for Bakhmut, the Russian EW operations were so intense that drones could fly only a few hundred yards from their operators before they lost the link. "
Great article. Two related thoughts, one minor and the other vexing: There's interesting work going on now that seeks to support high-precision location capability independent of GPS or other radio-wave based systems. Perfect and miniaturize that and drones may become resistant to EW measures. Once the drone always knows where it is, it can continue with its mission. This is where employment of AI becomes obvious, so that the drone in flight can adapt to a changing battlefield. I believe that the U.S. military is hitherto insistent on keeping a human in the kill-chain decision path. In an EW jammed-up environment, how long before one side unleashes independent AI-controlled weapons and forgoes a human hand on the joystick?