The new investment will focus on how to achieve inter-missile communication and cooperative behaviors.
The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) has granted $4.8m (£3.5m) to scientists of Defence Science Technology Laboratory (Dstl) for the development of smarter missile systems.
The project is similar to the US Air Forces ‘Golden Horde‘ program.
The new grant will support Dstl’s Co-operative Strike Weapons Technology Demonstrator (CSWTD) project.
The Dstl-led project will explore how inter-missile communication can allow the weapons systems to jointly work. It also explores ways to enhance the performance of current systems.
The investment also provides systems studies informing the use of cooperative missiles in operational cases.
Work on the project first started in April this year and is expected to continue over the next two years.