Big Drones Can Swarm Too: US Firm Pushes Unified Control System for Large UAVs

The era of swarming is expanding to larger drones, as a California-based firm lands funding to develop a unified control system for oversized unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs).

Having secured $59 million in investments from partners, Swarm Aero will lay the foundation of a large-drone fleet operating under a single command-and-control (C2) software called Legion.

The goal is to field coordinated formations of oversized UAVs for major missions, managing them with what the company describes as “superhuman dexterity” while reducing overall operational costs.

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