Thinking Big With Small Drones: an Allied Approach to Swarming

Published on March 23, 2023

Enabling interoperable drone swarms across NATO could yield immediate benefits for both the US Department of Defense, and allies alike. The rapid information sharing and common operating pictures that would come from this have the potential to increase opportunities to deploy rapid, lethal, and non-lethal measures in a conflict environment.

Tyler Jackson, a U.S. Air Force Officer, and senior remotely piloted aircraft pilot calls for Washington to, ‘promote collaboration between multinational industry experts and combined, joint military planning teams with the aim of eventually hosting large-scale [drone swarming] exercises across the globe.’

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