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Air Force’s Weapon Swarming Project Fares Better in Second Test

March 5, 2021 | By Rachel S. Cohen
The Air Force’s “Golden Horde” weapon swarming project overcame its earlier technical difficulties in a second flight test last month, the service said March 5. The Feb. 19 event featured four Small Diameter Bombs equipped with systems that let them work as a team, two ...

Collaborative Bombs Fall Short in First Golden Horde Flight Test

Jan. 11, 2021 | By Rachel S. Cohen
A group of networked bombs failed to hit the right target in the Air Force’s first flight test of its nascent weapon-swarming technology last month, posing a new obstacle as the service tries to speed the concept to the battlefield. On Dec. 15, the Air ...

Air Force Wants Help Teaching its Weapon Swarm How to ‘Think’

Sept. 29, 2020 | By Rachel S. Cohen
The Air Force Research Laboratory wants to make its budding swarm of semi-autonomous weapons smarter. “Golden Horde” aims to connect munitions like Boeing’s Small Diameter Bomb I in a swarm that can work through a list of targets on its own, and that could redirect ...
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