Pulsar
About
About Pulsar
Pulsar is a family of software-defined electronic-warfare systems built around wideband radio-frequency sensing, edge compute and reprogrammable effects. The system detects emissions, characterises the signal and uses onboard software to identify or respond to a threat without waiting for processing in a remote command centre. New waveforms and threat signatures can be introduced through software updates, allowing the deployed hardware to evolve without a complete redesign.
Anduril supplies Pulsar in fixed-site, vehicle-mounted and airborne configurations, allowing the same electronic-warfare architecture to protect bases, accompany manoeuvring forces or operate from an aircraft. Multiple units can share observations through Lattice and contribute to a wider operating picture before an operator authorises or supervises the response. This modularity separates the sensing and decision software from the physical installation, letting customers distribute RF coverage and update the deployed fleet as new emitters appear.
Capabilities
Source-backed capabilities
- Workflows: Electronic warfare, threat detection, signal response, counter-drone support and software-defined mission updates.
- Operating environments: Defense operations, contested electromagnetic environments, counter-UAS sites and tactical field deployments.
- Target markets: Defense customers and operators needing adaptive non-kinetic threat response.
- Deployment model: Defense system family connected to Anduril's software-defined autonomy stack.
- Electronic-warfare sensing and response
Claimed - Anduril presents Pulsar for edge-AI detection, identification and defeat of emerging radio-frequency threats.
Source
Timeline
- Anduril receives $15.71M Marine Corps Pulsar-L counter-UAS order
2026-09-11 - Contract Award - Deliveries were scheduled to begin in January 2027; the awarded system quantity was not disclosed. The sensor-jammer package targets radio-frequency-dependent Group 1 and Group 2 drones. Marine Corps officials selected the compact system to fit the ACV’s limited space, weight and power allocation.
Source
Context
Market context
Pulsar is Anduril's software-defined electronic-warfare system family for countering emerging threats.
- Target environment: Defense operations, contested electromagnetic environments, counter-UAS sites and tactical field deployments.
- Workflow context: Electronic warfare, threat detection, signal response, counter-drone support and software-defined mission updates.
- Customer context: Defense customers and operators needing adaptive non-kinetic threat response.
- Deployment model: Defense system family connected to Anduril's software-defined autonomy stack.
- Commercial maturity: Commercial defense product surface.
- Adoption constraints: Adoption depends on spectrum environment, threat validation, integration, regulatory controls and procurement.
- Market position: Non-kinetic layer in Anduril's defense robotics stack as EW becomes central to drone operations.
- Adjacent products: Lattice, Sentry, Roadrunner, counter-UAS systems