According to information published by Tass on May 12, 2021, at present Russia is creating a combat engagement system for swarms of sea drones, a high-ranking source in the Russian defense industry told.
At present, there is a task of engaging swarms of underwater drones rather than single vehicles or small groups of them. Experts believe the approach is the most effective.
Swarms of Russian unmanned underwater vehicles will be controlled by artificial intelligence (AI). “For example, the command post orders to destroy an aircraft-carrying attack group. AI will control a swarm of underwater vehicles to fulfill the mission in a constantly changing situation. AI will receive data from various sources and will concentrate the effort in one of the directions, maneuver or switch to another direction, withdraw from combat for some time, and deceive the adversary by demonstrative actions,”.
The displacement of underwater craft will hardly exceed 500-1000 tons. The vehicle has to covertly approach the adversary and destroy it. If the craft is lost in combat, its relatively cheap price will not affect the whole sea operation.
Sustainable control of underwater craft from air command posts, warships, and submarines is necessary.