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Anduril Introduces Barracuda Family Of Multi-Mission Autonomous Air Vehicles And Cruise Missiles

By Cal Biesecker

Thursday, September 12th, 2024

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Anduril Introduces Barracuda Family Of Multi-Mission Autonomous Air Vehicles And Cruise Missiles

Barracuda-500. Photo: Anduril Industries

Anduril Industries on Thursday unveiled a new family of low-cost, expendable, multi-mission autonomous air vehicles (AAVs) that also come with cruise missile variants, all at what it says will be built at far lower costs than current comparable systems. Anduril is offering the turbojet-powered Barracuda-100, the Barracuda-250, and Barracuda-500, each larger than the next and offering increasing range and payload capacity, and all coming in a Barracuda-M variant, M standing for munition. Depending on the product, Barracuda can be launched…

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