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Taiwan develops AI system to coordinate drone fleets for maritime surveillance
Taiwan is developing an AI system to coordinate drone fleets for maritime surveillance and coastguard operations.
The project is funded by the island’s Ocean Affairs Council and led by researchers at National Cheng Kung University.
The team has completed a simulation involving two fleets of 20 drones flying at the same time.
The early-stage system is designed to let different drone types divide tasks, plan routes and coordinate movements on their own.
It focuses on three US-made aircraft: the JUMP 20, V-BAT and Flexrotor.
Taiwan wants the system to provide wide-area, persistent surveillance and help counter what it calls grey-zone activities.
The project marks a move from controlling individual drones to coordinating groups, but the sources give no deployment timetable.
Taiwan is developing an AI-powered system to coordinate drone fleets for maritime surveillance and countering “grey-zone” activities.
A research team led by National Cheng Kung University completed simultaneous flight simulations involving two fleets of 20 drones, according to Taiwan’s Ocean Affairs Council.
The council-funded system is designed to let different types of drones divide tasks, plan routes and coordinate movements autonomously.
The project aims to provide wide-area, persistent surveillance for coastguard operations.
It is at an early stage and focuses on three US-made vertical take-off and landing fixed-wing drones.
- Who
- A research team led by Taiwan’s National Cheng Kung University is developing the system, with funding from the Ocean Affairs Council.
- What
- An AI-powered system to coordinate drone fleets for maritime surveillance.
- When
- The council said on Monday that the team had completed the simulation.
- Where
- Taiwan.
- Why
- To support coastguard surveillance and counter “grey-zone” activities.
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- Simulation
- Two fleets comprising 20 drones
- Lead institution
- National Cheng Kung University
- Funding body
- Taiwan’s Ocean Affairs Council
- Drone types
- JUMP 20, V-BAT and Flexrotor
- Project stage
- Early-stage research