Facts

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

Profile sections

• Summary
• Overview
• Market context
• Audience
• Workflow
• Capability
• Deployment environment
• Positioning tags
• Specifications
• Tags
• Record / Articles
• Timeline / Research
• Sources

Summary

Roadrunner is Anduril reusable VTOL autonomous air vehicle. It uses twin turbojet engines, modular payloads and AI-driven autonomy for high-speed defense missions, including the Roadrunner-M interceptor variant for counter-air and counter-UAS roles.

Overview

Roadrunner is Anduril reusable VTOL autonomous air vehicle. It uses twin turbojet engines, modular payloads and AI-driven autonomy for high-speed defense missions, including the Roadrunner-M interceptor variant for counter-air and counter-UAS roles.

Market context

Roadrunner is Anduril's reusable VTOL autonomous air vehicle for air-defense and counter-UAS missions.

• Target environment: Air-defense sites, counter-UAS environments, test ranges and tactical defense operations.
• Workflow context: Autonomous launch, intercept, recovery, mission autonomy, payload carriage and reusable drone defense.
• Customer context: Defense users needing reusable air-defense interceptors and modular autonomous aircraft.
• Deployment model: Defense aircraft platform integrated with Anduril autonomy and operator systems.
• Commercial maturity: Commercial defense product with high public visibility.
• Adoption constraints: Adoption depends on target class, cost, intercept reliability, payload fit and procurement pathway.
• Market position: Reusable interceptor aircraft that shifts counter-UAS beyond expendable munitions alone.
• Adjacent products: Roadrunner-M, Lattice, Sentry, Pulsar, BLAZE

Audience

Defense

Workflow

Autonomous launch, intercept, recovery, mission autonomy, payload carriage and reusable drone defense.

Capability

GPS-denied operation

Deployment environment

Air-defense sites, counter-UAS environments, test ranges and tactical defense operations.

Positioning tags

• Audience: Defense
• Workflow: Autonomous launch, intercept, recovery, mission autonomy, payload carriage and reusable drone defense.
• Capability: GPS-denied operation
• Deployment environment: Air-defense sites, counter-UAS environments, test ranges and tactical defense operations.

Specifications

• Form Type: Reusable VTOL autonomous air vehicle
• Propulsion: Twin turbojet engines
• Launch Recovery: Vertical takeoff and landing
• Max Speed: High-subsonic speed
• Payload Modularity: Modular payloads
• Autonomy Model: AI-driven autonomy
• Operational Role: Counter-UAS and air-defence autonomous air vehicle
• Payload Options: Modular payload configurations

Tags

• Peer Group: Defence VTOL UAV, Counter-UAS system
• Capability: GPS-denied operation
• Deployment Environment: Defence operational environment
• Stack Layer: Finished robot platform
• Commercial Stage: Commercial product

Record / Articles

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

Timeline / Research

• 2023-11-30 - Product Launch - Anduril unveils Roadrunner reusable autonomous air vehicle - Anduril unveiled Roadrunner as a modular, twin-jet autonomous VTOL air vehicle built to counter low-cost aerial threats.