LOCUST Killer Drone Swarms are coming

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by garrya » 10 Jan 2017, 11:41

some info:
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range seem a bit short though
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by popcorn » 10 Jan 2017, 13:34

What impresses aside from the size of the swarm they tested is that PERDIX evolving at a rapid rate. Developed in 2013 at MIT and PERDIX 7th generation in the works.
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by count_to_10 » 11 Jan 2017, 02:58

Do they run on Li-ion batteries? :devil:
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by KamenRiderBlade » 12 Jan 2017, 02:54

count_to_10 wrote:Do they run on Li-ion batteries? :devil:

I bet they're powered by Samsung Note 7's?
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by arian » 12 Jan 2017, 09:36

20 min endurance at 40-60 knots is not bad.

Launch a few hundred of these and you can overwhelm any defense.

BTW it started in 2010 (not 2013) as a student capstone project at MIT. Holy hell!

https://beaverworks.ll.mit.edu/CMS/bw/p ... ixcapstone

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