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Barracuda 500

Anduril Barracuda 500 is an announced autonomous air vehicle selected to move forward in the Enterprise Test Vehicle prototype project; detailed public pro...

Facts

Company
Anduril Industries
Product type
uav
Status
announced
Primary capability
autonomous_air_vehicle
Website
https://www.anduril.com/news/barracuda-500-selected-to-move-forward-on-the-enterprise-test-vehicle-prototype-project

About Barracuda 500

Anduril Barracuda 500 is an announced autonomous air vehicle selected to move forward in the Enterprise Test Vehicle prototype project; detailed public production specifications are not yet published.

Market context

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Summary

Type: Autonomous aircraft

Core: Barracuda 500

Function: Prototype missions

Audience: Defence forces

Specifications

autonomy_and_guidance
Autonomous navigation, Lattice target-coordinate capture and autonomous terminal guidance
demonstrated_flight_endurance_min
Over 30 minutes in the September 2024 end-to-end flight test min
demonstrated_launch_method
Vertical launch from a cell emulating palletized deployment from air-lift aircraft
manufacturing_approach
Common subsystems, commercial components and minimal specialized tooling
system_architecture
Weapon Open System Architecture (WOSA)-aligned modular hardware and software architecture
vehicle_class
Autonomous air vehicle

Operations

Environment
outdoor, aerospace, defense, development
Primary user
defense operators, aerospace integrators, test organizations
Role
autonomous_air_vehicle, prototype_testing
Interaction model
autonomous, remote_supervised
Mobility class
uncrewed_aircraft
Product detail
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