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A German drone firm claims to have made a \u201cmajor breakthrough\u201d in autonomous swarm technology.<\/p>\n

Munich-based Quantum Systems announced on Tuesday that it has successfully flown AI<\/a>-controlled Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) in swarms<\/span>.<\/p>\n

The company said the AI ensured \u201creliable mission execution\u201d<\/span> \u2014 even when individual drones completely failed. The system also operated effectively under radio interference.<\/span><\/p>\n

Commissioned by the German Armed Forces, the<\/span> tests were conducted last month at the Airbus Drone Centre in Manching, Bavaria.<\/p>\n

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The team first trained the AI with deep reinforcement learning \u2014 a trial and error approach made famous by DeepMind<\/a>. This enabled the system to \u201crefine its tactics through continuous self-optimisation,\u201d they said. <\/span><\/p>\n

After tests in a simulated environment, the AI took to the real skies.<\/span><\/p>\n

The drone swarm team<\/h2>\n

The swarm flight united two multi-purpose Airbus drones<\/a><\/span> with the Quantum Systems Vector and Scorpion<\/a> UAS. <\/span>As they flew, their reconnaissance data merged in real-time to generate a single picture. This then fed into an Airbus battle management system<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Vector also proved capable of autonomous reconnaissance and target acquisition when GPS is jammed \u2014 a big problem<\/a> for Ukraine\u2019s military drones. <\/span><\/p>\n

Quantum Systems said the trails had demonstrated AI\u2019s ability to increase UAS resilience. <\/span>Sven Kruck, the company\u2019s managing director, expects the tech to now rapidly evolve.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s about protecting soldiers and increasing safety,\u201d he said. \u201cIn the future, there will be no way around software-based and AI-supported systems for drone technology.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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