Product profile
Roadrunner
Roadrunner is Anduril reusable VTOL autonomous air vehicle. It uses twin turbojet engines, modular payloads and AI-driven autonomy for high-speed defense m...
Facts
- Company
- Anduril Industries
- Product type
- uav
- Status
- commercial
- Website
- https://www.anduril.com/roadrunner
About Roadrunner
Roadrunner launches and lands vertically but transitions to high-subsonic forward flight using two turbojet engines. Its modular payload section allows the same reusable air vehicle architecture to support different sensing or mission packages without redesigning the propulsion and flight-control system.
Roadrunner-M adds an explosive interceptor payload for counter-air and counter-UAS missions. It is designed to launch autonomously under operator supervision, pursue an assigned threat and return for recovery when an engagement is cancelled or no longer required, allowing an unused interceptor to be inspected and flown again.
Summary
Type: Interceptor UAV
Core: Reusable intercept
Function: Interception
Audience: Defense
Specifications
- autonomy_model
- AI-driven autonomy
- form_type
- Reusable VTOL autonomous air vehicle
- launch_recovery
- Vertical takeoff and landing
- operational_role
- Counter-UAS and air-defence autonomous air vehicle
- payload_modularity
- Modular payloads
- payload_options
- Modular payload configurations
- propulsion
- Twin turbojet engines
- speed_profile
- High-subsonic speed
Research, Articles and recent verified events
- Anduril completes first YFQ-44A Fury at Arsenal-1 — 2026-07-27
- Anduril and Archer unveil Thunder autonomous attack rotorcraft — 2026-07-20
- Anduril YFQ-44A fires AIM-120 in first live-weapons test — 2026-07-15
- Anduril, PGZ and WZL-2 agree Barracuda-500M production in Poland — 2026-07-06
- Anduril and Taiwan MIRDC sign MOU to expand UAV supply-chain integration — 2026-06-04
- Anduril closes $5B Series H at $61B valuation — 2026-05-13
- Anduril wins Tactical Missile Innovation Prize Challenge — 2026-04-02
- JIATF-401 selects Lattice for enterprise tactical counter-UAS command and control — 2026-03-20