FARNBOROUGH, England, Feb. 26 (UPI) -- British company BAE Systems has produced new software that lets its robot Unmanned Air Vehicles think for themselves.

BAE Systems said in a statement last week that its scientists had "developed a technology which allows UAVs -- Unmanned Air Vehicles -- to autonomously work together to adapt plans and flight paths on fact finding missions."

"The cutting edge software combines sophisticated communications networks with more familiar technology such as high-resolution cameras, GPS and Inertial Navigation systems. The entire package will allow UAVs to collectively construct a full assessment of threat situations, providing better protection of troops in the future," BAE Systems said.

"The research, funded by the (British) Ministry of Defense on the back of BAE Systems corporate investment, has completed a flying trial which, for the first time, demonstrated the coordinated control of multiple UAVs autonomously completing a series of tasks," the company said.

"The trials, conducted in partnership with the Australian Center for Field Robotics, demonstrated on-board decision making capabilities, allowing teams of UAVs to decide among themselves which targets each individual vehicle would monitor. Decisions were based on factors such as proximity to the object, how much intelligence previous observations had provided, and which UAV could provide the most informative view," BAE Systems said.