The Perdix drone is self-directed, so the flight trajectory is different from that of a golf ball, says producer Mary Walsh. "It flies in an unpredictable way, ...

The Perdix drones will serve similar surveillance, intelligence, and reconnaissance functions. The SCO is now searching for companies that can rapidly produce 1,000 units this year.

Billed by the US Department of Defense (DoD) as the world's largest micro-drone swarm, the Perdix drones were launched last October from three F/A-18 Super Hornets and autonomously carried out a ...

The Perdix drones swarm for a while, then lose power and drift to the ground. But 60 Minutes reports that they could be operational by the end of 2017.

The Perdix autonomous drone operates in cooperative swarms of 20 or more, working together towards a single goal. Named after a character from Greek mythology that was changed into a partridge, ...

The drone is called Perdix. An unlikely name for an unlikely engine of revolution. Roper, head of a once-secret Pentagon organization called the Strategic Capabilities Office, ...

Releasing drones from a fast-moving jet isn’t straightforward, as high speeds and turbulence buffet them, causing them damage. But the Perdix drone, originally developed by MIT researchers and ...

The Pentagon’s worked with Perdix drones since 2013, with the October flight using the military’s 6th generation of the devices. F/A-18 Hornets, long-serving Navy fighters, ...

The battery-powered Perdix drones were developed at MIT's Lincoln Labs and can be largely produced with a 3-D printer. "Due to the complex nature of combat, Perdix are not pre-programmed ...

The Pentagon has drones. ... three F/A-18 Super Hornets spit out more than 100 tiny Perdix drones, which then linked up with each other to collectively make decisions and fly in formation.

The Perdix drones, which deployed in canisters from pods that normally release flares to confuse heat-seeking missiles, appear so small in the video (above) that they are nearly invisible.

103 Perdix micro-drones are launched from three U.S. Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet fighter jets, demonstrating advanced swarm behaviors such as collective decision-making, adaptive formation flying ...