The 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) and its tenant units are at the forefront of warfighter innovation technology, and the installation’s partnership with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is now driving the future of drone development. Ethan Steinquest reports on U.S. Army’s website.
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| Dan Nguyen, systems engineer, Northrop Grumman, left, and Adam Seiwert, software engineer, Northrop Grumman, give attendees a closer look at the unmanned vehicles used in the OFFensive Swarm-Enabled Tactics, or OFFSET, program during its final field experiment at Fort Campbell’s Cassidy Range Complex Nov. 16. Researchers with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, or DARPA, designed OFFSET with the goal of allowing infantry units to use swarms with upwards of 250 drones to accomplish diverse mission objectives in urban environments. (Picture source: Ethan Steinquest) |