Drone swarms: The potential AI future of drone warfare
The architect of Ukraine's drone program Oleksandr Kamyshin told Holly Williams drone swarm technology that uses AI would provide a major advantage in the war with Russia, and there is an arms race for the technology. "Both countries are close. None got there yet," he told 60 Minutes.
This week on 60 Minutes, CBS News correspondent Holly Williams and producer Erin Lyall reported on the cutting-edge of drone warfare : an innovation-driven arms race between Ukraine and Russia to dominate the battlefield with unmanned vehicles on land, by sea, and in the air.
"There are estimates that 80% of combat casualties on both sides are now caused by drones," Williams told 60 Minutes Overtime.
Williams reported that the front line has become an expansive hunting ground for drones since the war's early days of trench warfare.
"It's at least 10 miles wide, and if you're anywhere in that 'kill zone,' then you are at risk of being hunted down and killed by a drone," Williams said.
Lyall and Williams spoke to Ukrainian drone manufacturers, American investors, a U.S. military captain, and the architect of Ukraine's drone program, Oleksandr Kamyshin, to understand the latest advancements in drone technology in the war between Russia and Ukraine.
Vitali Kolesnichenko founded a drone company called Airlogix that makes high-tech aerial surveillance drones for the Ukrainian military. He said the pressure to stay ahead of their Russian opponents is intense.