US military tests Vanilla ultra-long endurance swarm-deploying UAV

A new unmanned aerial vehicle system is being tested by the US military, with the capability of remaining in the air for up to 10 days.

Known as Vanilla, the ultra-long endurance flight aircraft is being trialled in the Indo-Pacific region during Valiant Shield 24 at Andersen Air Force Base in Guam.

The new machine is being tested for its potential to supply airborne intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance to the US armed forces.

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[Superman_Not_Clark_Kent]

The battlefield of tomorrow definitely looks like a horror film.

[MrIwan]

Hawker Hunters in the background, cool!

[_bms]

0:43 What's with the two Hawker Hunters in the back? Why're they on Anderson AFB, Guam?

[classifiedveteran]

15, 000 nautical miles!?! That's 17261 miles/27, 780 kilometers! That's over half of the circumference of the Earth.

It can be launched anywhere and hit any target in the world (with a little over 2000 miles to spare!)

[Awesomes]

Good video. Lots of info, not overly long. Thanks! 🙏

[hellfire]

Maybe these are what’s flying around in NJ

[Fester_]

I will look at white van man with a strimmer differently from now on.

[jasons]

In this American company gets a great deal on a Toyota pickup truck to fly the thing that's freaking typical

[mikek]

So this drone can strike a target anywhere in the world... and it launches from a pickup truck ?
This ain't Vanilla at all, it's as spicy as it gets ! Real "wings of death"

[johno]

Swarm drones are the future. They will be simliar to the small FPV drones we see today but will be A.I controlled and not abled to be jammed. They will work in teams and swarms similar to what we see in a flock on birds in flight.

[dontcarejustwatchvid]

The truck mounted launch is actually super clever!

[SBanderaB]

Moscow seems a perfect testing site I am sure Ukraine will assist in its testing.

[denimjeanz]

Swarms of drones 😳. US be like I see your drones and raise you this hell in the sky

[sumeetchavan]

Finally got to see the drone shown in interstellar.

[Moto_Medics]

i like how they start it with a hundred thousand dollar (probably) weed whacker

[gohumberto]

AI, Face-recognition, autonomous, loitering ...etc. Basically SKYNET. Just tell them to find enemy tanks and troops then sit back and read a book.

[Pferdesalami]

For that range it has to be able to do atleast a speed of 115 km/h over 10 days

[vanroeling]

Any cooler and we’d call it “Vanilla Ice!”

[duncanstewart]

Wonder if they could drop flares and chaf, the metal strips. To manipulate the radar picture with many decoys.

[corsa.-]

Those Hawker Hunters still operational??