{"id":50564,"date":"2024-03-14T12:59:48","date_gmt":"2024-03-14T12:59:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2024\/03\/14\/anduril-attack-drone-deemed-accurate-and-effective-in-dugway-trials\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T18:44:47","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T18:44:47","slug":"anduril-attack-drone-deemed-accurate-and-effective-in-dugway-trials","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/unmanned\/2024\/03\/14\/anduril-attack-drone-deemed-accurate-and-effective-in-dugway-trials\/","title":{"rendered":"Anduril attack drone deemed \u2018accurate and effective\u2019 in Dugway trials"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

An Anduril Industries drone capable of carrying a warhead weighing 33 pounds scored direct hits on several targets during military testing in Utah, the company said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Footage from the trials at the Dugway Proving Grounds<\/a> showed an Altius-700M shooting out of a ground-based launcher, cutting through the air and then crashing into a mock SA-17 surface-to-air missile system, generating a large fireball and shaking the camera.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The September event \u2014 details of which were previously undisclosed \u2014 marked the first time Anduril engineers tested a live warhead on the Altius-700M, which can fly for more than an hour at a range of 100 miles. The company said all test objectives were completed and that the \u201csystem was accurate and effective against the chosen target set.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Militaries and militant groups the world over are deploying drones and other robotic technologies to collect intelligence, augment targeting and wreak havoc from greater distance; their deadly application has now been on display for years in Eastern Europe and months in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Army, in particular, has expressed growing interest in unmanned armaments, including loitering munitions and launched effects. The latter can be catapulted from larger aircraft already in the air or flung from the ground to detect, disrupt, deceive or destroy enemy assets. The Altius-700M is designed with larger, armored targets in mind.<\/p>\n\n\n\t