FPV drones or AI swarms? How the two battlefield systems differ

FPV drones are low-cost, human-piloted precision strike tools that are already widely used on the battlefield.

AI-enabled drone swarms are a different concept, built around autonomous coordination across multiple unmanned systems.

The key differences are autonomy, operator control, cost structure, coordination, and combat maturity.

Conflating the two can lead militaries to misunderstand how to build, counter, and deploy drone capabilities.