France Seeks Drone Swarm Air Defense Spoofing

November 27, 2023

The Defense Post

A French defense project seeks to deceive combat aircraft or air defense systems through drone swarms.

Thales and the University of Bordeaux conceptualized the “AutonomouS SYstem for Decoying using Uav Swarms” (ASSYDUS) project under the aegis of the Defense Innovation Agency.

It hypothesizes a swarm of small aerial drones whose collective radar cross section (RCS) resembles a fighter jet.

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