Airbus teams up uncrewed aircraft to fly joint surveillance missions

In a recent test flight campaign, Airbus demonstrated how its teaming intelligence software can be used to autonomously and dynamically manage a group of uncrewed aerial vehicles (UAVs) in real time. Thanks to this, operators on the ground or pilots in crewed aircraft can operate multiple UAVs simultaneously, relieving them from tedious tasks such as surveillance and inspection over vast areas and allowing them to focus on mission objectives. During the demonstration, which was conducted in collaboration with Primoco 🇨🇿, two different scenarios were tested using Airbus' AI-based automatic target recognition (ATR) software to monitor and detect threats, and to alert the ground station. Airbus and Primoco also successfully tested the integration of third-party applications to showcase the scalability of the teaming intelligence software to any UAS independent of manufacturer and its extensibility to other applications. Airbus is now working on the next steps: to further mature its teaming intelligence software as a product that can be installed on any fixed-wing, rotary-wing, crewed or uncrewed aircraft available on the market. The same goes for the integration of third party software components. #Defence #DefenceMatters #UAV #AI