Anvil — autonomous kinetic counter-UAS interceptor
Autonomous kinetic counter-drone interceptor — Lattice cues it, the airframe ramming-disables Group 1-2 UAS at machine speed.
Anvil is Anduril's autonomous kinetic counter-UAS interceptor: a hover-and-strike quadrotor airframe that launches from a magazine, takes a Lattice OS cue, autonomously navigates to the threat track and rams or detonates against the target. The Anvil-M variant carries an explosive payload for harder targets. Cleared on the US DoD JCO list and fielded with USSOCOM, USMC and the UK Royal Air Force; selected for the US Air Force Base Defense system in 2023 and used operationally in classified Middle-East locations. Anvil is ITAR-restricted and not exported in airport-civilian configurations; the airport-protection use-case typically pairs Sentry detection with Pulsar soft-kill EW only.
Key specs
| Airframe | Quadrotor — VTOL launch from magazine |
| Engagement mode | Kinetic ram (Anvil) / explosive (Anvil-M) |
| Mission duration | Up to 40 minutes loiter |
| Top speed | Up to 100 mph (160 km/h) |
| Service ceiling | Up to 15,000 ft AGL |
| Targets | Group 1-2 UAS · low-and-slow Group 3 |
| Cueing | Lattice OS only — no manual flight |
| Export control | ITAR — kinetic effector restricted |