Facts

• Company: Anduril Industries
• Product type: UAV
• Status: commercial
• Website: https://www.anduril.com/ghost

Profile sections

• Summary
• Overview
• Market context
• Audience
• Workflow
• Capability
• Deployment environment
• Positioning tags
• Specifications
• Tags
• Record / Articles
• Timeline / Research
• Operations Claims / Customers and deployments
• Comparable Systems
• Sources

Summary

Ghost is Anduril autonomous air vehicle for tactical ISR, targeting and force-protection missions. It is designed as a quiet, modular expeditionary drone that can operate at the tactical edge with minimal infrastructure.

Overview

Ghost is Anduril autonomous air vehicle for tactical ISR, targeting and force-protection missions. It is designed as a quiet, modular expeditionary drone that can operate at the tactical edge with minimal infrastructure.

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

Audience

Defense

Workflow

Tactical intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance, targeting and payload delivery for small-unit operations in the field.

Capability

Remote operation

Deployment environment

Defence operational environments including small-unit field sites and contested operational areas.

Positioning tags

• Audience: Defense
• Workflow: Tactical intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance, targeting and payload delivery for small-unit operations in the field.
• Capability: Remote operation
• Deployment environment: Defence operational environments including small-unit field sites and contested operational areas.

Specifications

• Form Type: Expeditionary autonomous air vehicle
• Operational Role: ISR, targeting and force protection
• Payload Modularity: Modular payload support
• Maneuverability: 3-axis maneuverability for hover-and-stare sensor use
• Payload Options: EO/IR gimbal and other mission payloads
• Payload Capacity Kg: 11 kg
• Aircraft Weight Kg: 25 kg
• Flight Time: 80 min cruise endurance
• Range: 15.5 miles / 25 km range
• Autonomy Model: Intuitive autonomy at the tactical edge with minimal training

Tags

• Peer Group: Tactical ISR UAV
• Workflow: Drone ISR
• Capability: Remote operation
• Deployment Environment: Defence operational environment
• Stack Layer: Finished robot platform
• Commercial Stage: Deployed platform
• Market Signal: Defence procurement signal

Record / Articles

• 2026-04-07 - Note - Maritime autonomy is broadening

Timeline / Research

• 2020-09-10 - Product Launch - Anduril launches Ghost 4 VTOL sUAS for military missions - Anduril launched Ghost 4 as the fourth iteration of its small VTOL drone family for military and security missions.

Operations Claims / Customers and deployments

• Contract Value Usd - $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.
• Production Milestone - 1 source-backed production milestone - 2025-10-31 - Anduril opens Sydney Ghost Shark factory and completes first vehicle
• First Vehicle Off Line - first Ghost Shark vehicle off the line - 2025-10-31 - Sydney Ghost Shark factory - autonomous underwater vehicle production - Anduril opened the Ghost Shark factory in Sydney and completed the f…
• Facility Event - 1 source-backed facility/manufacturing event - 2024-08-14 - Anduril Australia to build Ghost Shark factory

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