{"id":54349,"date":"2018-09-20T00:07:41","date_gmt":"2018-09-20T00:07:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/09\/20\/the-next-war-might-include-mind-controlled-drones\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T08:02:54","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T08:02:54","slug":"the-next-war-might-include-mind-controlled-drones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2018\/09\/20\/the-next-war-might-include-mind-controlled-drones\/","title":{"rendered":"The next war might include mind-controlled drones"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has overseen trials using mind-controlled drones for use by the military.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/the-pentagons-wild-plan-for-mind-controlled-drones\">The Daily Beast<\/a>, these trials were computer simulations that are the precursor to what could lead to robotics that are controlled by the mind of a human operator.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Military Times asked DARPA for comment regarding the experiment. An email from a spokesman from DARPA was able to shed light on the experiment, seemingly fit for science fiction.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/news\/your-marine-corps\/2018\/07\/20\/the-corps-wants-15-suicide-drones-swarming-from-the-hands-of-one-front-line-marine\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"157\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/raven.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">The Corps wants 15 suicide drones swarming from the hands of one front-line Marine<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The Corps has successfully tested a single operator controlling six drones at once.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cUsing a bidirectional neural interface, a volunteer on the program named Nathan Copeland was able to simultaneously steer a simulated lead aircraft (a Mooney Bravo) and maintain formation of two, simulated unmanned support aircraft in a flight simulator. The support aircraft did not represent real UAV models but were instead open-source designs downloaded by Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab and based loosely on fictional aircraft from the Macross\/Robotech series.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The idea of using a human\u2019s thoughts to control drones is only a few years old. In 2015, CNN Pentagon correspondent Barbara Starr moderated a taped conference with Dr. Arati Prabhakar, the DARPA director at the time, regarding the subject of \u201chow will technology shape the future of war.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During this discussion DARPA announced that a volunteer had flown a simulated F-35.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So far, both volunteers of the tests live with a degree of paralysis. According to DARPA, each individual had to undergo surgery to place electrodes in their brain to successfully complete a neural interface. However, DARPA has plans to be able to create the interface without the surgery.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2017\/01\/09\/pentagon-successfully-tests-world-s-largest-micro-drone-swarm\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"212\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/perdix-in-flight.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Pentagon successfully tests world&#8217;s largest micro-drone swarm<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">U.S. military officials in California have conducted a test launching more than 100 micro-drones from three F\/A-18 Super Hornets, the largest ever test for the cutting-edge &quot;swarm&quot; technology, defense officials said.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cDARPA launched a program called Next-Generation Nonsurgical Neurotechnology (N3) to pursue such technology. 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