"US Army soldiers are tearing apart drones, printing out new parts, and flying their own creations into live-fire drills - a crash-course in the messy, fast-paced world of drone warfare. The Army has launched a sweeping push to weave drones into combat across the force. For now, that work can look improvised and experimental, with soldiers moving quickly and sharing feedback as they go. In line with the Army's significant transformation initiative, over the past nine months, the Bayonet Innovation Team of the 173rd Airborne Brigade, part of the Army's Southern European Task Force, Africa, has been building, flying, and reconfiguring drones. In exercises in Lithuania, Tunisia, and Germany, the brigade used first-person view drones to strike static and moving targets, 3D-printed parts to test new designs, and artificial intelligence-enabled software to refine tactics."
""there's an incredibly open and approachable atmosphere to innovation when it comes to small UAS and then also all forms of unmanned systems." La Torre described the feedback from testing drones as "incredibly actionable," noting that it spreads quickly between units and doctrines across the Army. Lessons learned from one system or tactical environment are quickly"
Over nine months the Bayonet Innovation Team of the 173rd Airborne Brigade built, flew, and reconfigured drones in exercises across Lithuania, Tunisia, and Germany. Soldiers tore apart commercial systems, 3D-printed replacement parts, and integrated AI-enabled software to test new tactics and capabilities. First-person-view drones were used to strike static and moving targets and to conduct drone-on-drone engagements. The brigade achieved the Army's first air-to-air kill with a FPV drone during a summit at Fort Rucker, Alabama. Feedback from tests was collected, shared across units and doctrines, and used to rapidly iterate designs and tactics.
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