KORTHOS / ECOSYSTEM / PRODUCT

Anvil

About

About Anvil

Anvil is Anduril’s ground-launched rotary-wing interceptor for counter-drone operations. It receives target information through Lattice and provides visual feedback so a human operator can identify a potential threat. The aircraft then performs the interception as part of the wider counter-UAS system.

Its Launch Box supports remote deployment, while Lattice combines tracks from surrounding sensors and presents engagement options to the operator. This connects detection, identification and interception across separate pieces of equipment. The original Anvil uses kinetic interception; Anduril introduced the distinct Anvil-M munition variant in 2023 for a different defeat mechanism.

07 APR 2026

Maritime autonomy is broadening

Capabilities

Source-backed capabilities

  • Capability areas: Autonomous navigation
  • Workflows: Ground defence operations
  • Operating environments: Defence operational environment
  • Target markets: Defense
  • Control modes: Autonomous Navigation, Human Authorized Engagement
  • Deployment model: Launch Box
  • Automated target recognition

    Claimed - Anduril describes its Interceptor platform as autonomously engaging rotary- and fixed-wing unmanned-aircraft threats after human verification.

    Source
  • Counter-UAS interception

    Claimed - Anduril describes its Interceptor platform as autonomously engaging rotary- and fixed-wing unmanned-aircraft threats after human verification.

    Source

Timeline

  • Anduril launches Interceptor drone for counter-UAS missions

    2019-10-03 - Product Launch - Anduril launched the Interceptor drone as part of its Lattice AI counter-UAS system to detect and interdict unmanned aircraft. The release described a human-verified launch flow where interceptor drones autonomously engage rotary or fixed-wing threats.

    Source

Context

Market context

Anvil is Anduril autonomous kinetic interceptor designed to pursue and physically intercept hostile unmanned aircraft as part of a layered counter-UAS architecture.

  • Target environment: Defence operational environments including airspace around sensitive sites and contested areas.
  • Workflow context: Kinetic interception of hostile drones, counter-UAS defence and integration with broader air-defence and sensor networks.
  • Customer context: Defence customers requiring layered counter-UAS capability.
  • Deployment model: Deployed defence product integrated into Anduril broader counter-UAS stack.
  • Commercial maturity: Active defence product in Anduril layered counter-drone architecture.
  • Adoption constraints: Defence procurement cycles and integration with existing air-defence command structures.
  • Market position: Shows Anduril smaller interceptor layer below Roadrunner, alongside fixed-site sensing. Part of a layered counter-drone architecture rather than a standalone product category.
  • Adjacent products: Anduril Roadrunner, counter-UAS systems

Comparable Systems

Related Systems