ABSTRACT. A major challenge in multi-modelling and co-simulation of cyber-physical systems (CPSs) using distributed control, such as swarms of autonomous UAVs, is the need to model distributed controller-hardware pairs where communication between controllers using complex types is required. Co-simulation standards such as the Functional Mock-up Interface (FMI) primarily support simple scalar types. This makes the protocol easy to adopt for new tools, but is limiting where a richer form of data exchange is required, such as distributed controllers. This paper applies previous work on adding an explicit network VDM model, called an ether, to a multi-model by deploying it to a more complex multi-model, specifically swarm of UAVs.