MIT's Intelligent Aircraft Fly and Cooperate Autonomously

Massachusetts Institute of Technology Press Release, 26 Sep 2006 The U.S. military depends on small, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to perform such tasks as serving as "eyes in the sky" for battalion commanders planning maneuvers. While some of these UAVs can be easily carried in a backpack and launched by hand, they typically require a team of trained operators on the ground, and they perform only short-term tasks individually rather than sustained missions in coordinated groups. MIT researchers, in collaboration with Boeing's advanced research and development arm, Phantom Works, are working to change that. Read more