US military tests Vanilla ultra-long endurance swarm-deploying UAV

this unmanned aerial vehicle or UAV is known as vanilla designed for Ultra long endurance flight it can stay airborne for 10 days at a payload capacity of £ 150 a range of 15,000 nautical miles and the capability to launch 40 micro drones in a swarm and the military applications become obvious seen here undergoing flight operations testing at Anderson Air Force basing Guam it’s a prototype UAV developed by a team of veterans at platform Aerospace it’s being used here to test its potential to supply Airborne intelligence surveillance and reconnaissance to the US military it comes as the sun continues to rise on multi-domain Aid driven and connected Warfare with a pentagon pushing its so-called replicator program that aims to field autonomous systems at a scale of multiple thousands and in multiple domains between now and 2025 to offset China’s mass production capacity for such systems vanilla’s appearance during Vali and shield 24 a multin exercise in the Indo Pacific to fine-tune multi-domain Warfare Link in air sea cyber and space underlines that the drive to hardwire drones into military tactics and operations is constantly adapting and growing and at the end of the day if your key unmanned assets cost less than man systems and can be produced faster and in greater numbers it means you can replace faster what you lose in any battle space before a capability Gap can open avoiding damage to ongoing operations and that’s an edge worth having Stuart Rumble forces news thanks for watching for more from forces news like and sub subscribe to our Channel

A new unmanned aerial vehicle system is being tested by the US military, with the capability of remaining in the air for up to 10 days.

Known as Vanilla, the ultra-long endurance flight aircraft is being trialled in the Indo-Pacific region during Valiant Shield 24 at Andersen Air Force Base in Guam.

The new machine is being tested for its potential to supply airborne intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance to the US armed forces.

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  3. I presume it has an internal compartment to carry the payload. The dimensions of the hold will be a limiting factor on what it can deploy. I would expect that this drone has a line-of-sight communications package that enables it to act as a communications hub for any intelligent payload.

  11. Wow, 10 days of endurance is serious IRS especially if they makes thousands that can drop Micro Drones? What is that about? The Recon ability alone is serious especially if they can keep these attritable. I like the new push the US is really taking long strides on advanced drone capabilities. Make me wonder why they didn't do it sooner? were contractors and the Pentagon stuck in their old ways? was there just no real perceived need or what. Still, all these new drone capabiltiies makes me thing the US is real serious about Operation "Hellscape" against China.

  16. these systems will be utilized against civilians. do you understand that? a drone has no qualms. everyone who supports these systems supports their own and their children demise.

  27. I want to see what some random Youtuber can build, they usually work better than the million dollar military programs 🤣 obviously not talking about DARPA who leads the way in tech/R&D, just main branches of military lol from the worlds fastest FPV drone, to hover bikes and so much more, people will make epicness just for a few subs to their channels🤣

  29. "Soon", no one's willing to go to a war against a nation, which is using machines to counter anything 👀
    Anyone will stay put or FAFO.

  30. Long range Shahed full of FPV drones. Compared to something like Tomahawk, this solution will be 20x cheaper and 10x more efficient in destroying airbases and logistics. 200x price/performance compared to Tomahawk

  31. The only edge USA have is their very strong propaganda. Other than that , their weapons failed in Ukraine, they lost the economic war with Russia as well.

  37. Grandpa Buff will likely be dropping similar drones and smaller Lancet type drones in the near future. Imagine a hundred drones falling out over the target area. The Buff will become a drone carrier like the Arsenal bird. 😮 😂

  39. Here's your problem. The US arms industry is privatized. Nothing is made unless big money changes hands. The Chinese, Russians, North Koreans and Iran do not have this problem. Things are made for what they actually cost. Therefore many more items are made for the same cost as one item in the USA. Good luck with your 'democracy'.

  41. "AI driven warefare" and "replicator" program… what could possibility go wrong…I swear the military looks at movies about dystopian futures and says "yeah but that won't happen to us"😂

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