Merging air, land and sea swarms – the next frontier in China’s drone technology

If mastering drone-swarm technology were not difficult enough, China is now tackling the more complex task of integrating uncrewed land, sea and air platforms, according to the country’s leading developer in the field.In an article posted on China-electronics-technology-group-corporation" class="entity-link entity-organization" data-entity-id="43750" data-entity-type="organization">China Electronics Technology Group Corporation’s (CETC) social media account on Sunday, the company’s Intelligent Technology Research Institute said drone-swarm technology was not merely “many drones flying together”, but an intelligent, distributed combat system in which aircraft communicated, coordinated, made local decisions and collectively generated capabilities.China had made advances in developing and deploying swarm systems made up of similar drones, the institute noted. The country’s longer-term goal, however, was a combat network capable of coordinating different uncrewed platforms across the entire operational area and in multiple domains.