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Anduril Adds To Autonomous UAS Portfolio With Bolt VTOL Family

By Cal Biesecker

Thursday, October 10th, 2024

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Anduril Adds To Autonomous UAS Portfolio With Bolt VTOL Family

Anduril's Bolt-M small loitering munition. Photo: Anduril Industries

Maintaining a steady drumbeat of new product releases, Anduril Industries on Thursday unveiled its Bolt family of small, man-packable autonomous air vehicles that include surveillance and munition variants, which the Marine Corps is evaluating for its Organic Precision Fires-Light (OPF-Light) program. Anduril’s commitment to artificial intelligence and autonomy is a key attribute of the new unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), including waypoint navigation and manual control in GPS-denied environments. The goal is to simplify operations by lessening the amount of thinking…

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