The U.S. Army has picked Anduril Industries’ new Ghost-X drone for battlefield deployment.
“Ghost-X will be fielded to operational units to integrate robotic capability within the U.S. Army’s maneuver formations,” Anduril said in a statement posted on its website.
Anduril will deliver Ghost-X aircraft later this year to deployed units for the Company Level Small Unmanned Aircraft System Directed Requirement, according to the statement.
“Today, we publicly unveiled Ghost-X, which just won a critical U.S. Army contract. Faster, longer, stronger, harder,” Anduril founder Palmer Luckey said on X yesterday. He called it a “backpackable drone with laser target designation and four precision guided munitions.”
Separately, Anduril said on Tuesday that it has signed a contract for a three-year trial with the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) to demonstrate Anduril’s air and ground defense capabilities at RAAF Base Darwin. They will support the defense of Australia’s northern Defense bases against drones and other threats.
For further details about Anduril, see this week’s print edition of the Business Journal.
