{"id":35033,"date":"2020-04-20T14:30:11","date_gmt":"2020-04-20T14:30:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2020\/04\/20\/darpa-to-foster-urban-drone-swarm-tech-with-nine-new-contracts\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T18:18:21","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T18:18:21","slug":"darpa-to-foster-urban-drone-swarm-tech-with-nine-new-contracts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/unmanned\/2020\/04\/20\/darpa-to-foster-urban-drone-swarm-tech-with-nine-new-contracts\/","title":{"rendered":"DARPA awards nine new contracts to foster drone swarm technology"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has issued nine new contracts to companies developing drone swarm technologies, the agency announced April 13.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Through the agency\u2019s Offensive Swarm-Enabled Tactics program, or OFFSET, it hopes to foster technology developments that will <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/unmanned\/2018\/02\/21\/darpa-awards-first-contracts-in-drone-swarms-project\/\" target=_blank>enable 250 small unmanned air or ground robots to work together<\/a> in support of the war fighter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The program works in five main areas: swarm tactics, swarm autonomy, human-swarm teaming, virtual environment and physical test bed. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/unmanned\/2018\/04\/05\/the-latest-contracts-for-darpas-drone-swarm-program\/\" target=_blank>The agency has hosted multiple swarm sprints<\/a> to encourage rapid innovation in one or more of those areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The nine awards mark the fifth such swarm sprint, with this one focused on swarm tactics and physical test beds in an urban environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe urban environment presents compelling challenges such as tall buildings, tight spaces, and limited sight lines,\u201d Timothy Chung, the OFFSET program manager in DARPA\u2019s Tactical Technology Office, said in an agency news release. \u201cEnhancing the Swarm Physical Testbeds that tackle those unique challenges is a desired goal of the OFFSET program.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Four of the participants will be tackling the swarm tactics portion of the sprint, where they will be asked to solve problems such as \u201cdisrupting the opposition\u2019s decision making, obfuscating swarm intent, updating maps of a dynamic environment, and maintaining the swarm\u2019s communications indoors.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The remaining five performers will work on the physical test bed thrust area, which includes reducing deployment times, utilizing new navigation sensors, incorporating fixed-wing aircraft into the swarm and enhancing mobility for robotic, wheeled vehicles in urban settings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p 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