China Advances Bio-Inspired Drone Swarm Warfare

Beihang University engineers and PLA researchers developed bio-inspired drone swarm tactics, with hawk-trained defensive drones destroying five opponents in 5.3 seconds and earning a patent in April 2024. China filed 930+ swarm intelligence patents since 2022, integrated DeepSeek AI into multiple tenders and drills through 2025–2026, and demonstrated single operators controlling over 200 drones on January 23, 2026.