Anduril Demos Mobile Counter-Drone Kit With Kinetic ‘Anvil’ Interceptor at Falcon Peak
Anduril demonstrated its rapidly deployable fly-away kit for countering small unmanned aerial systems (UAS) during the Falcon Peak 25.2 project held in September.
US Northern Command (USNORTHCOM) and the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) conducted the exercise at Eglin Air Force Base to evaluate drone detection, identification, tracking, and low-collateral defeat capabilities for homeland defense.
In the demonstration, the Anduril counter-drone kit’s mobile sentry detected and tracked a hostile UAS before defeating it with the system’s low-collateral kinetic interceptor, the “Anvil.”
The company said the demonstration validated that its counter-UAS solution meets USNORTHCOM’s operational requirements, marking a step toward potential operational use.
Anduril Counter-Drone Kit
Running on Anduril’s AI-enabled Lattice software platform, the counter-UAS kit was built to detect, track, identify, and defeat threats in one package.
Apart from its mobile sentry and the Anvil, the kit features Wisp in a SkyFence configuration for wide-area passive infrared coverage and Pulsar for radio frequency detection and effects.
Anduril optimized the system for defending against small drone threats in US airspace, operating within Federal Aviation Administration regulations and other civilian considerations.
Defense Against Hostile Drones
Several US military bases have been subjected to hostile drone incursions over the past years, including a drone attack on a base in Jordan that killed three American troops in January.
Reports from Pentagon officials and a US-based think tank have also highlighted Washington’s capability gaps in protecting military bases against enemy UAS.
In November 2024, USNORTHCOM was assigned to be the Pentagon’s lead synchronizer in homeland counter-small UAS response in the continental US and Alaska.
A month before, the service hosted the first iteration of Falcon Peak, dubbed Falcon Peak 25.1, at Fort Carson, Colorado.
