Anduril Scores $642M Deal to Provide Counter-Drone Systems for US Marines
Anduril has clinched a $642-million contract to supply counter-drone technology for the US Marine Corps (USMC).
Under the 10-year deal, the defense tech company will install, deliver, and sustain “installation-counter small unmanned aircraft systems” and related services to USMC bases worldwide starting this year through 2035.
The California-based firm bested nine other unnamed competitors in the solicitation issued in February last year. It is expected to provide a network of defenses to detect, track, identify, and defeat small drones and other threats against USMC installations and personnel.
A majority (80 percent) of the work will be performed at the company’s headquarters in Costa Mesa, California, while the rest will be split between DC and other USMC installations.
Anduril’s Counter-Drone Systems
The announcement did not specify the model or quantity to be delivered under the contract, although the solicitation outlined that the service is searching for a solution that can both physically destroy and disrupt threats.
“This kill chain will encompass integrated and networked sensor nodes along with the ability to protect the defended asset both non-kinetically and kinetically as laws and policy allow,” the document reads.
In November, Anduril secured a separate $200-million contract to provide its Anvil counter-unmanned aerial system for the USMC’s Marine Air Defense Integrated System.
As an autonomous kinetic interceptor, Anvil is integrated with the company’s proprietary AI-powered Lattice operating system to neutralize hostile small (group 1 and group 2) drones.
The Pentagon classifies group 1 and 2 drones as weighing no more than 55 pounds (24 kilograms) and operating at altitudes of up to 3,500 feet (1,066 meters).
Additionally, the US military ordered Anduril’s counter-drone systems in October 2024: the Pulsar electronic protection suite and the Roadrunner autonomous and AI-driven drone hunter.
