XTEND Lanius
Racing-quad loitering munition optimized for indoor urban combat: on-board AI for mapping and target classification, optional swarming capability.
XTEND Lanius
Racing-quad loitering munition optimized for indoor urban combat: on-board AI for mapping and target classification, optional swarming capability.
Community
Data trust
- Reliability
- Unverified
- Sources
- Sources pending review
Identity
- Designation
- XTEND Lanius
- Alias
- Lanius SLM (Smart Loitering Munition)
- Manufacturer
- XTEND Reality Expansion / Elbit Systems
- Country
- Israel
- Year
- 2022
- Category
- Loitering munition
- Class
- Micro (< 250 g)
- Status
- In service
Performance
- Range
- 2 km
- Endurance
- Fino a 7 min in attacco
- Top speed
- 72 km/h
- Service ceiling
- 500 m
- Propulsion
- Elettrica brushless, racing quad ad alte prestazioni
Physical characteristics
- MTOW
- 1.3 kg
- Payload
- 0.15 kg
- Hardpoints
- 0
- Weapons
- Testata HE/frammentazione 150 g (anti-personale, urban-clearing)
Onboard systems
- Sensors
- EO/IR + LiDAR per mapping interno autonomo, AI on-board per ricognizione/classificazione bersagli
- Datalink / control
- Datalink digitale + autonomia AI, swarming opzionale
- Launch
- Manuale o da veicolo
- Recovery
- Impatto sul bersaglio o recupero (varianti ISR)
Combat use
- ▸IDF operations in Gaza (2023-2024)
- ▸Operation Swords of Iron, Gaza urban environment (2023-2024)
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History
Unveiled in 2022, the Lanius was born from the XTEND/Elbit partnership to bring on-board AI to squad-level urban loitering munitions.
Used by the IDF in Gaza operations for building and tunnel clearance.
XTEND's Lanius is a loitering munition with an extremely agile racing-quad architecture, able to fly at high speed in enclosed environments and to map the interior of a building in real time.
The drone uses on-board AI algorithms to automatically identify armed people, distinguish them from civilians and propose engagement solutions to the operator, while always keeping the final decision with the human (man-in-the-loop).
The Lanius was acquired by the IDF in 2023 and used in Gaza operations, demonstrating the ability to engage in complex urban scenarios with high collateral-damage risk.