WASHINGTON, D.C. — Rocket One Inc. has introduced Swarm Stage AI, a large-scale drone-swarm threat-emulation platform designed to help U.S. military and defense organizations train, test and evaluate counter-unmanned aircraft systems (C-UAS) against coordinated drone attacks.
The platform is not a new counter-drone weapon. Instead, Rocket One describes Swarm Stage AI as a training and evaluation system that can create realistic and scalable drone-swarm scenarios for organizations developing and operating counter-UAS capabilities.
Commercial Swarm Technology Adapted for Defense
Swarm Stage AI is based on swarm-coordination technology and intellectual property acquired by Rocket One from SkyStage, a commercial drone-swarm company. According to Rocket One, the underlying technology has been used to coordinate thousands of aircraft in synchronized operations.
The platform includes more than 2,500 field-tested formations and flight assets, which can be used as a starting point for creating customized swarm scenarios. Rocket One says the technology has been adapted for defense applications and is designed, built and operated in the United States.
AI-Based Threat Generation and Mission Preview
One of the main features of Swarm Stage AI is its AI Threat Builder. It allows operators to define a threat scenario and generate coordinated behaviors for multiple drones.
The platform also includes a 3D Mission Preview that allows users to visualize and review a planned swarm mission before conducting a flight. Rocket One says operators can examine approach paths, timing and deconfliction during the planning stage.
The system also supports customized threat scenarios rather than limiting users to the formations already included in its library.
Training Against Coordinated Drone Threats
Rocket One is positioning the platform around the growing requirement for counter-UAS systems to deal with groups of drones rather than individual aircraft.
Potential applications include testing radar and other sensors, evaluating drone detection and tracking systems, assessing command-and-control capabilities, and training personnel to respond to coordinated drone incursions.
The company's platform is intended to provide a repeatable environment in which C-UAS technologies can be evaluated against large-scale simulated drone threats.
Robb Knie, Chief Executive Officer of Rocket One, said that mass drone attacks are creating a new challenge for military defense systems and that systems designed to detect or defeat individual drones increasingly need to be prepared for coordinated groups arriving simultaneously.
Knie said Swarm Stage AI is intended to provide the realistic training and testing environment needed to develop and evaluate counter-drone technologies.
Availability for U.S. Defense Organizations
Rocket One is offering capabilities briefings, demonstrations, testing and evaluation opportunities for U.S. military organizations, government agencies, defense contractors, C-UAS developers and authorized test and training facilities.
The company says interested organizations can request a capabilities briefing through SwarmStage.ai.
Rocket One has also made clear that the availability of Swarm Stage AI does not represent a contract, procurement commitment, endorsement, certification or selection by the U.S. Department of Defense, any U.S. military service or another government agency.
Swarm Stage AI is operated as a Rocket One company focused on drone-swarm threat emulation and counter-UAS training. The platform's stated purpose is to provide defense organizations with a scalable environment for preparing against coordinated drone-swarm threats and evaluating the technologies intended to detect, track and respond to them.
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