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UK Plans to Incorporate Squadrons of “Swarming Drones” to Foil Adversary Air Defenses

Frank Wolfe

Wednesday, July 14th, 2021

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UK Plans to Incorporate Squadrons of “Swarming Drones” to Foil Adversary Air Defenses

Air Chief Marshal Sir Mike Wigston speaks on July 14 to the Global Air Chiefs Conference (U.K. Ministry of Defense Photo)

The United Kingdom's Royal Air Force (RAF) plans to incorporate squadrons of "swarming drones" to help foil enemy air defenses. Last year, the RAF gave its No. 216 Squadron the mission of testing drone swarm technology. "With swarming drones and uncrewed combat aircraft, we are on the threshold of a change in air warfare as profound as the advent of the jet age," Air Chief Marshal Sir Mike Wigston, the chief of the U.K. air staff, told the Global Air…

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