04 December 2023
Anduril unveils Roadrunner VTOL and C-UAS
by Zach Rosenberg
Anduril's Roadrunner-M C-UAS vehicle. (Anduril)
Anduril unveiled a reusable, vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) air vehicle on 1 December. The twin turbojet-powered vehicle, dubbed Roadrunner, can be fitted with modular payloads, while the Roadrunner-M (Munition) is intended as a counter-unmanned aircraft system (C-UAS).
The company said in a statement that the Roadrunner is capable of “high subsonic speeds and extreme maneuverability”, though specifications were not immediately available.
The Roadrunner can be launched from a dedicated container, which Anduril described as a “networked, automated hangar”, and comes equipped with three extendable landing legs such that it can be recovered should it not be expended during a mission.
“This … shift in thinking allows for large-scale defensive launches at … low cost, increasing redundancy for higher probability of lethality and enhancing the ability to simultaneously engage many targets,” said the company.
The craft can be networked, such that a single operator could control multiple Roadrunners.
Anduril had not responded to questions at the time of publication.
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Anduril unveiled a reusable, vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) air vehicle on 1 December. The twi...
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