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Barracuda 500

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About Barracuda 500

Barracuda 500 is Anduril's autonomous air vehicle for the US Enterprise Test Vehicle prototype programme. A 2024 flight test used a vertical launch cell representing palletised deployment from an airlift aircraft, followed by autonomous navigation, capture of a target coordinate from Lattice and terminal guidance after more than 30 minutes in flight.

The design uses common subsystems, commercial components and limited specialised tooling to support rapid manufacture. Its modular hardware and software architecture is being aligned with Weapon Open System Architecture requirements. The next programme phase covers multiple simultaneous launches, vehicle-to-vehicle communication and collaborative behaviours under Lattice for Mission Autonomy, placing Barracuda 500 at development maturity.

07 APR 2026

Maritime autonomy is broadening

Timeline

  • Anduril, PGZ and WZL-2 agree Barracuda-500M production in Poland

    2026-07-06 - Production Milestone - Anduril, Polska Grupa Zbrojeniowa and WZL-2 agreed to produce surface-launched Barracuda-500M autonomous air vehicles in Bydgoszcz, Poland. The agreement covers European production of the surface-launched Barracuda-500M precision-strike air vehicle. WZL-2 is the Bydgoszcz production partner within Poland's PGZ defence-industrial group.

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  • Barracuda-500 selected to move forward on enterprise test vehicle prototype project

    2025-03-04 - Award - Anduril said Barracuda-500 was selected to move forward on the Enterprise Test Vehicle Prototype Project. The company noted that within seven months it had optimized the design and completed a successful flight test. The selection reinforced Barracuda's trajectory from internal weapon concept to funded government pathway.

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