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Merging air, land and sea swarms – the next frontier in China's drone technology
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Fusion42 · 9 September 2026 · Fusion42 review
China is advancing drone-swarm technology by integrating uncrewed air, land, and sea platforms into a coordinated combat network with intelligent, distributed systems capable of autonomous decision-making and multi-domain operations. The country continues to improve swarm survivability, sensing, and deployment, but faces challenges in heterogeneous swarm coordination and fully autonomous tactical innovation.
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China’s push to merge drone swarms across air, land, and sea signals new multi-domain combat capabilities. If you develop autonomous unmanned systems, shifting your tech to interoperate across domains could be the edge to compete or partner.
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