Roadrunner
The Anduril Roadrunner is the world's first recoverable twin-jet VTOL anti-drone interceptor: designed to defeat Shahed/Geran drones and cruise missiles, it symbolizes the new generation of AI-driven Silicon Valley counter-UAS systems.
Roadrunner
The Anduril Roadrunner is the world's first recoverable twin-jet VTOL anti-drone interceptor: designed to defeat Shahed/Geran drones and cruise missiles, it symbolizes the new generation of AI-driven Silicon Valley counter-UAS systems.
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- Reliability
- Unverified
- Sources
- Sources pending review
Identity
- Designation
- Roadrunner
- Alias
- Anduril Roadrunner-M
- Manufacturer
- Anduril Industries
- Country
- United States
- Year
- 2023
- Category
- Counter-UAS
- Class
- Small (< 25 kg)
- Status
- In service
Performance
- Range
- 100 km
- Endurance
- Sortita ~60 min
- Top speed
- Subsonico alto (~830 km/h)
- Service ceiling
- 9,000 m
- Propulsion
- Twin turbojet VTOL
Physical characteristics
- MTOW
- 230 kg
- Payload
- 45 kg
- Weapons
- Testata HE/frag (M-variant) per intercetto droni
Onboard systems
- Sensors
- EO/IR + radar di tracciamento, controllo Lattice AI
- Datalink / control
- Mesh Lattice OS Anduril, AI autonoma per intercetto
- Launch
- Decollo verticale (VTOL)
- Recovery
- Atterraggio verticale (recuperabile) o impatto
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History
Announced in December 2023 by Anduril, the Roadrunner is the first CUAS interceptor that, if it does not engage, can return vertically to base and reuse its airframe (drastically lower cost-per-intercept vs AIM-9X or Patriot missiles).
In 2024 the Roadrunner entered classified operational service with USAF and USSOCOM against the Shahed threat at CENTCOM bases in the Middle East.