Anduril Expands Capabilities into the Space Domain Back Anduril Expands Capabilities into the Space Domain

September 16, 2024

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Anduril Expands Capabilities into the Space DomainToday we are expanding our advanced, AI-powered hardware and software capabilities into the final frontier: Space. This effort will enhance mission-critical Space Domain Awareness, Space Control, and Command and Control (C2) for U.S. military warfighters and allied partners, providing end-to-end solutions to address the growing threats posed by adversaries in space.

Our goal is to develop fully integrated hardware and software systems, utilizing Lattice for Space Missions, modular mission payloads, and strategic partnerships across the space industry. Space is a contested warfighting domain and we recognize the importance of equipping spacecraft with advanced autonomy and cutting-edge payloads, ensuring our Guardians maintain a decisive advantage in every mission.

With multiple hardware and software payloads already deployed on orbit, we are not waiting. We are investing our own internal dollars to mature our capabilities for the space domain. Today, Anduril is rapidly delivering advanced systems that range from on-orbit edge processing of sensor data to resilient satellite command and control. These advancements build upon our work with Space Systems Command to enhance communications within the Space Surveillance Network, by now working to advance the state of the art in linking ground-based sensors and space-based assets for better awareness of orbital threats.

As space becomes an increasingly congested and contested battleground, autonomy and edge processing has never been more critical to sustaining operations. Anduril is extending our software platform, Lattice, to autonomously monitor and manage space-based assets, improving situational awareness and reducing operator workload. The platform’s proven capabilities in air, land, and sea operations will now be extended to the space domain, integrating with spacecraft, payloads, and software built across the industrial base. Anduril will design, manufacture, and integrate modular mission payloads designed to enable unique mission requirements, leveraging our extensive expertise across imaging, electronic warfare, command and control, and mission autonomy. These payloads will provide warfighters with real-time data exploitation, autonomous coordination of satellites, and resilient communication capabilities. Anduril’s focus on modularity and adaptability ensures that these solutions can evolve alongside the rapidly changing threats across a variety of different orbits.

Like all other domains, regular deployment and testing is critical to building the best technology. Anduril is committed to investing its own IRAD to design, build, and launch our own fully integrated systems by the end of 2025. This mission will serve as a testbed for maturation of multiple Anduril and third party payloads which we will be announcing in the coming months. By launching and flying systems frequently, we can ensure that lessons are quickly learned and incorporated ahead of critical customer operations.

Anduril is dedicated to fostering partnerships across the space industry to ensure the most advanced solutions are delivered to the warfighter. We believe that an open and collaborative approach within the U.S. industrial base is essential to compete with adversaries making significant investments in this domain. In the coming months, we are excited to announce upcoming partnerships with satellite hardware suppliers, launch service providers, and ground system developers that will drive the development of best-in-class solutions on behalf of the government.

Source : Anduril Industries