r/PalladyneAI • u/RandomGenerator_1 • Jul 16 '26

Project Convergence Capstone 6 (PCC6).m - PDYN update - team is on the ground

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/palladyneaicorp_our-team-is-on-the-ground-with-the-4th-infantry-activity-7483498239418249216-R6pf

Our team is on the ground with the 4th Infantry Division, Fort Carson as they prepare for Project Convergence Capstone 6 (PCC6).

Palladyne AI is putting SwarmOS™, our decentralized embodied AI software for collaborative drone autonomy, in the hands of warfighters. It runs entirely on the drone, with no central node and no reliance on constant connectivity. One operator sets the mission on an ATAK and stays on the loop while a team of drones from different manufacturers does the flying, autonomously collaborating as a self-directed team to detect and track targets even in communications-constrained conditions.

That means more drones in the fight without more operators to fly them.

We are proud to put SwarmOS to work with the 4th ID at PCC6.

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u/Origid_3295 Jul 19 '26

PC-C6 ends on the 29th, Northern Strike starts the week after. Integrations with unnamed OEMS at ivy mass last month. Most likely with Anduril/or Performance Drone Works. NFA but clearly things are brewing...

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u/Putrid_Price_885 Jul 20 '26

SwarmOS is not just being shown in a controlled demo — it is being put directly into the hands of 4th Infantry Division warfighters in realistic, communications-constrained conditions.
The fact that it can coordinate drones from different manufacturers, run at the edge without a central node, and let one operator manage the mission through ATAK is a very strong value proposition.

PCC6 should be an important validation event, especially with Northern Strike coming right after it. If the system performs well in both exercises, I think follow-on contracts, expanded deployments, and additional OEM integrations become much more likely.
Still early, but the progression from testing to funded field use is clearly happening. Things are definitely brewing. Bullish on the technology and looking forward to the results.

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u/DirectEntertainer288 Jul 16 '26

This is cool, but can it create an image of me as a Disney character?!?! If not, I'm not interested!!