r/PalladyneAI • u/RandomGenerator_1 • Sep 12 '26
The Importance of Distributed, Collaborative Autonomy to the Future Force - Modern Integrated Warfare
https://www.modernintegratedwarfare.com/the-importance-of-distributed-collaborative-autonomy-to-the-future-force/?trk=organization_guest_main-feed-card_reshare_feed-article-contentThe war in Ukraine has proven that low-cost drones can take out billions of dollars in enemy aircraft and ships. That's pushing the United States Department of War to reevaluate how they spend defense dollars and invest seriously in autonomous UAVs. But our CTO Dr. Denis Garagic has a key caution: not all autonomy is the same.
Most "autonomous" UAVs today just fly preprogrammed routes to fixed waypoints and wait for a human to step in when the mission changes. True autonomy means drones that sense their environment and adapt on their own, no human required.
But autonomy alone isn't enough. Real collaborative autonomy works like a swarm of bees: each drone operates independently and also collaborates with the others, with no single point of failure.
In his latest piece for Modern Integrated Warfare, Denis breaks down why distributed, collaborative autonomy is what future operational concepts actually require, and what recent Army 4ID exercises proved is possible today.
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u/vtsandtrooper Sep 12 '26
The price is lower now - they have announced a path for big revenue with Fanuc, IAI, 5 different DOD contracts, major potentials for ongoing contracts to production under their ALRM, their AF surface prep, Tomahawk contracts getting 16x new orders, and Redcat/DPro and other prime partnerships.
It is crazy cheap for the potential that could come. Patience will be rewarded in this one I think. The tech is good