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Ghost

About

About Ghost

Ghost is a tandem-rotor autonomous aircraft designed for expeditionary intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance. Ghost cruises for approximately 80 minutes, operates over distances up to 25 kilometres and carries up to 11 kilograms within a maximum take-off weight of roughly 25 kilograms.

The aircraft’s modular payload structure supports electro-optical sensing, communications and mission-specific equipment, while Lattice provides tasking, autonomy and data integration. Tandem rotors offer compact transport and low-speed stability without a fixed-wing launch system. Ghost can be deployed by small teams for targeting, force protection and tactical observation from austere operating locations.

07 APR 2026

Maritime autonomy is broadening

Capabilities

Source-backed capabilities

  • Capability areas: Remote operation
  • Workflows: Tactical ISR mission, Drone ISR
  • Operating environments: Defence operational environment
  • Target markets: Defence customers including small tactical units needing expeditionary UAV capability.
  • Deployment model: Deployed defence product with active field use.
  • Long-endurance flight

    Claimed - 2020-09-10 - Anduril presents Ghost 4 with more than 100 minutes of endurance, onboard ISR autonomy and one-operator control of collaborating multi-aircraft teams.

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  • Multi-vehicle coordination

    Claimed - 2020-09-10 - Anduril presents Ghost 4 with more than 100 minutes of endurance, onboard ISR autonomy and one-operator control of collaborating multi-aircraft teams.

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  • ISR and tactical support

    Claimed - 2020-09-10 - Anduril presents Ghost 4 with more than 100 minutes of endurance, onboard ISR autonomy and one-operator control of collaborating multi-aircraft teams.

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Operations

  • Order / Commitment

    $16.8 million - 2026-04-08 - U.S. Army - defense UAS - The U.S. Army awarded Anduril a $16.8 million contract for Ghost-X systems with Trillium HD45LP payloads.

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Timeline

  • U.S. Air Force selects Anduril's Ghost and Ghost-X for autonomy work

    2023-09-29 - Award - The U.S. Air Force awarded Anduril two contracts worth $8 million tied to autonomy work on Ghost and Ghost-X. The awards focused on enhanced autonomy and mission-system development for the company's Group 4 aircraft family. The selection advanced Ghost-family systems deeper into Air Force operational experimentation.

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  • Anduril launches Ghost 4 VTOL sUAS for military missions

    2020-09-10 - Product Launch - Anduril launched Ghost 4 as the fourth iteration of its small VTOL drone family for military and security missions. The launch highlighted 100 minutes of flight time, low acoustic signature, onboard Lattice autonomy and one-operator multi-drone control. Ghost 4 became a core Anduril drone platform for long-endurance, software-defined tactical missions.

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Context

Market context

Ghost is Anduril expeditionary autonomous air vehicle for tactical ISR, targeting and payload missions with quiet operation and modular payloads.

  • Target environment: Defence operational environments including small-unit field sites and contested operational areas.
  • Workflow context: Tactical intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance, targeting and payload delivery for small-unit operations in the field.
  • Customer context: Defence customers including small tactical units needing expeditionary UAV capability.
  • Deployment model: Deployed defence product with active field use.
  • Commercial maturity: Active defence UAV platform with military adoption.
  • Adoption constraints: Defence procurement cycles and mission-specific payload integration.
  • Market position: Anduril tactical UAV layer for small-unit autonomy, distinct from the company interceptors, large autonomous aircraft and fixed-site systems.
  • Adjacent products: V-BAT, tactical ISR UAVs

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