Pentagon Secretly Working To Unleash Massive Swarms of Autonomous Multi-Domain Drones to Dominate Enemy Defenses

According to documents, the effort will be managed by the Strategic Technology Office of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). However, AMASS seems unique in that DARPA already appears to have a specific mission in mind for using “swarms-of-swarms” of autonomous drones. In a January 10 Q&A session with potential industry partners, a DARPA official indicated that Unmanned Underwater Vehicles (UUVs) would also be considered for the AMASS program. The inherent secrecy of AMASS’s development will likely exacerbate existing concerns surrounding emerging technologies like artificial intelligence and autonomous drones for military use. The Debrief reached out to DARPA for comment on the AMASS program.