Anduril Industries have acquired Blue Force Technologies, developers of a next-gen drone fighter called Fury, giving them an opening into a whole new aerospace sector.
At the smaller end Anduril also produces, an 11-pound high-speed quadcopter interceptor which takes out incoming drones by ramming them, and which can operate autonomously under the Lattice operating system.
By adding Blue Force Technologies to its portfolio, Anduril is extending into the largest class of drones. Fury is not yet flying, but ground tests of the propulsion system and flight testing of the software on a surrogate aircraft are under way. And things should speed up after the acquisition. “Anduril is making significant investments to continue the development of the Fury autonomous air vehicle, expand manufacturing operations in North Carolina and accelerate development of technologies critical to future capabilities such as autonomous collaborative platforms,” according to the company press release announcing the acquisition.
Fury will join other new drones which resemble scaled-down jet fighters, and which boast similar capabilities to their crewed cousins but at a fraction of the cost. The most notable of these is the
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