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.

Facts

  • Company: Anduril Industries
  • Type: Autonomous Aircraft
  • Positioning: Barracuda 500
  • Function: Prototype missions
  • Audience: Defence forces
  • Status: Announced
  • Website: https://www.anduril.com/news/barracuda-500-selected-to-move-forward-on-the-enterprise-test-vehicle-prototype-project

Specifications

  • Vehicle Class: Autonomous air vehicle
  • Demonstrated Flight Endurance Min: Over 30 minutes in the September 2024 end-to-end flight test
  • Demonstrated Launch Method: Vertical launch from a cell emulating palletized deployment from air-lift aircraft
  • Autonomy And Guidance: Autonomous navigation, Lattice target-coordinate capture and autonomous terminal guidance
  • System Architecture: Weapon Open System Architecture (WOSA)-aligned modular hardware and software architecture
  • Manufacturing Approach: Common subsystems, commercial components and minimal specialized tooling

Market context

Defence forces

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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… - source: anduril.com
  • 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… - source: anduril.com

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