Anduril plans to use the Fury aircraft with its Lattice system, an AI-driven control center that oversees its military tech tools. The company believes this combination of autonomous systems can process data faster and more accurately than human operators. The Department of Defense has expressed interest in increasing the military's autonomous capabilities, but has not specifically commented on the Fury aircraft.
Key takeaways:
- Anduril, a military tech company founded by Palmer Lucky, has unveiled its new AI-enabled, autonomous aircraft named Fury, which is designed for both surveillance and combat operations.
- The Fury aircraft was designed and manufactured by Blue Force Technologies, which Anduril has recently acquired.
- Anduril plans to integrate the Fury aircraft into its AI surveillance system, Lattice, which is currently being used at the US border as a 'virtual wall'.
- The US Department of Defense has expressed a desire to increase the military's autonomous capabilities, with plans to spend hundreds of millions of dollars to produce a fleet of AI systems for air, land, and sea.