Drones, Robotics and Swarms as a Decisive Tactical Layer
Persistent ISR, Autonomous Mass and Networked Effects in High-Intensity Operations
Drones, robotics and swarms address a decisive tactical failure mode: the loss of persistent surveillance, rapid target acquisition and scalable effects at unit level in contested environments. Recent conflicts have demonstrated that battlefields are increasingly saturated by unmanned systems, generating continuous observation and enabling precision engagement at low cost. Forces lacking comparable organic unmanned capability experience degraded situational awareness, slower decision cycles and increased vulnerability to saturation and electronic warfare tactics. A resilient, networked layer of aerial, ground and maritime unmanned systems therefore functions as a structural enabler of decision superiority, protection and manoeuvre, directly supporting the broader objective of preserving technological advantage through autonomous and AI-enabled systems.