Rocket One launches Swarm Stage AI for US military C-UAS training
Rocket One, a technology company focused on next-generation defence, space and advanced computing technologies, has announced the launch of Swarm Stage AI, a large-scale drone-swarm threat-emulation platform being made available to the US military and defence organisations for C-UAS training, testing and evaluation.
According to an 18 August press release, Swarm Stage AI is built upon commercially proven swarm-coordination technology that has been used to coordinate thousands of synchronised aircraft. Rocket One has adapted this technology to create "realistic, repeatable and scalable adversarial drone-swarm scenarios designed to help defence organisations train personnel and evaluate technologies against the growing threat posed by coordinated unmanned aircraft".
"Mass drone attacks are rapidly changing the modern battlefield and creating an entirely new challenge for military defence systems," said Robb Knie, CEO of Rocket One. "A system designed to detect or defeat a single drone must increasingly be prepared to confront coordinated groups of drones arriving simultaneously. Swarm Stage AI is designed to help create the realistic training and testing environment required to address that challenge."
"We are making Swarm Stage AI available to the U.S. military and broader defence community for capabilities briefings, demonstrations, testing and evaluation," Knie continued. "Our objective is to help provide the adversarial swarm environments needed to develop, test and validate the next generation of American counter-drone technologies."
Available to US military and defence organisations
Rocket One is making Swarm Stage AI available for capabilities briefings, demonstrations, evaluations and potential collaborations with US military organisations, government agencies, defence contractors, counter-UAS developers and authorised test and training facilities.
The company also intends to pursue opportunities to demonstrate Swarm Stage AI alongside existing and emerging counter-UAS technologies and to work with defence organisations to develop increasingly sophisticated drone-swarm training scenarios.
Government and defence organisations interested in evaluating the platform can request a capabilities briefing through SwarmStage.ai.
