Defense & Security · Recorded milestone
Autonomous drone swarms
Recorded year2025
Coordinated swarms of AI-guided drones act together without a pilot each.
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Led to
- Counter-drone shieldsRecorded · 2025enables
- Drone wingmen for fighter jetsRecorded · 2025enables
- Microwave weapons against swarmsForecast · ~2027enables
- Defensive drone swarmsForecast · ~2029enables
- Search drone swarmsForecast · ~2034enables
- Mostly autonomous militariesForecast · ~2045enables
- Insect-sized robot swarmsForecast · ~2046enables
- Deep ocean fully exploredForecast · ~2050enables
- Thought-controlled robot swarmsForecast · ~2066enables
Sources & evidence
Dataset updated 2026-10-18. This individual record has not been separately re-reviewed.