# One soldier fires two 3D-printed drones from a buggy

> Cummings Aerospace demonstrates mass-produced jet drones controlled by a single operator, marking a shift toward distributed drone warfare.
- Title: One soldier fires two 3D-printed drones from a buggy
- Summary: Cummings Aerospace demonstrates mass-produced jet drones controlled by a single operator, marking a shift toward distributed drone warfare. Cummings…
- Keywords: cummings aerospace, hellhound s3, 3d-printed drones, autonomous weapons, military technology, pendleton uas range, technology, One, soldier, fires, two, 3D-printed
- Source: TechRadar — https://techradar.com/pro/one-soldier-two-jets-one-thumb-cummings-aerospace-fires-3d-printed-hellhounds-from-a-buggy
- Published: 2026-10-23T01:20:00+00:00
- Read time: 1 min
- Topics: cummings aerospace, hellhound s3, 3d-printed drones, autonomous weapons, military technology, pendleton uas range, technology
## Two drones, one controller
Cummings Aerospace fired two 3D-printed Hellhound S3 jet drones from a buggy-mounted launcher. One operator sent both on separate autonomous missions using a single handheld fire control system.
## Test date and location
The demonstration took place on August twenty-fifth, twenty twenty-six, at the Pendleton UAS Range in Oregon. Results were announced on October twelfth, twenty twenty-six.
## Multiple firsts for Hellhound
This was the first time the Hellhound flew from a vehicle, the first use of a new launcher holding up to eight drones, the first ripple-fire of the S three, and the first time one…
## How the operator controlled both
Before launch, the operator programmed each drone's waypoints, altitudes, and flight path into the handheld fire control system. Once airborne, drones flew autonomously while streaming data back for live monitoring.
## The efficiency argument
CEO Sheila Cummings said one soldier using one fire control system can simultaneously put multiple Hellhounds on multiple targets instead of manually flying a single drone to a target.

> one soldier using one fire control system can simultaneously put multiple Hellhounds on multiple targets
## What the Hellhound can do
The Hellhound S three weighs about thirteen pounds and flies more than sixty kilometres at speeds up to six hundred eighteen kilometres per hour.
## Why 3D printing matters
The Hellhound is built largely with commercially available 3D printers in-house.Cummings aims to produce at least one hundred S three airframes a month and license the design to US and international partners for distributed production.
## The logistics advantage
A weapon you can print close to the front is as much a logistics argument as a battlefield one.
## Key takeaway

Cummings Aerospace fired two 3D-printed Hellhound S3 drones from a vehicle-mounted launcher, with one operator controlling both on separate missions using a single handheld system.