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The drone rises and flies off.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On the ground, there isn\u2019t someone with a standard gaming stick controller maneuvering the small drone. Rather, it is receiving all directions by someone\u2019s voice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cDoing that with the sticks is a lot of work,\u201d Lee Ritholtz, CEO and co-founder of Primordial Labs, said during a recent demonstration of the capability at a local park in Leesburg, Virginia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cHe just told it to do a lot of things that would have required a lot of manual engagement,\u201d Ritholtz said of his senior product manager and former Marine Raider, Jordan Dross, who was in the midst of talking the drone through its mission via a simple headset and push-to-talk radio.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ritholtz and his co-founder Adrian Pope \u2014 both with roots at Lockheed Martin, including at Skunk Works, where they focused on advanced development programs and Sikorsky \u2014 created Primordial Labs in 2021 with the intent of developing technology that helps tackle large problems pervasive in human-machine interactions on the battlefield.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Defense technology often just recreates problems it intends to solve, such as cognitive overload, manpower requirements, physical workload and training burdens, Ritholtz said at the demonstration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ritholtz worked extensively on the Stalker XE program and knew there was much to solve when it came to the ground control conundrum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cPeople love the airplane, but people always said this ground control station software sucks, and we just didn\u2019t have a better way of doing it at the time,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd that\u2019s where Anura comes in.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dross said he was hired after spending his military career using Stalker XE and not sugar-coating its user experience during his interview. He had no idea at the time that Ritholtz had worked extensively on its development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The company developed the software Anura, which allows a human controller to simply speak to the drone to get it to do what they want.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cSome of the challenges that exist right now with the current set of interfaces for drones, for all kinds of robots \u2026 even using one robot, is overloading,\u201d Ritholtz said. \u201cWe\u2019re focused on new machine collaboration, two pieces that are really core to our mission, it\u2019s easy and natural, and our focus \u2026 is about making it more human, the interaction more human.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/land\/2024\/07\/25\/dod-event-challenges-industry-to-down-largest-drone-swarms-to-date\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/drone-swarm-NTC.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">DOD event challenges industry to down largest drone swarms to date<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Industry teams with counter-drone solutions took on large drone swarms in a Joint Counter-small unmanned aircraft systems Office-run demonstration in June.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Anura\u2019s key feature is the use of natural language. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIn the past there\u2019s been work done trying to apply voice to these systems, oftentimes they are voice commands and they are really memorizing keywords, memorizing phrases. That\u2019s doomed to fail, that will never work,\u201d Ritholtz said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The system is \u201ctruly natural language. You\u2019re talking to it, you can say things in lots of different ways to express the intent,\u201d he said. \u201cThere\u2019s an element of feedback loop from the systems in Anura. That\u2019s the battle space awareness \u2026 You can talk about things that emerge in real time.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For example, when a controller talks to a robot, Anura understands the intent, breaks it down into a sequence of instructions that is feeding the robot, measures the status of those instructions and can make changes on the fly, Ritholtz explained. \u201cThat\u2019s our autonomy under the hood. Our autonomy is essentially a wrap around other people\u2019s autonomy.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The software is designed to be able to work on any platform or system. At the demonstration, Anura was integrated onboard both a small <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/land\/2021\/02\/09\/skydio-poised-to-supply-first-tranche-of-short-range-recon-drones\/\" target=\"_blank\">Skydio quadcopter<\/a> and one from Teal Drones \u2014 both competitors for the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/land\/2019\/04\/29\/army-takes-another-stab-at-rucksack-portable-unmanned-aircraft\/\" target=\"_blank\"> Short-Range Reconnaissance program<\/a> in the U.S. Army.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWherever we\u2019re needed to live, we\u2019ll find a way to fit in,\u201d Ritholtz said. \u201cWe don\u2019t use any big black boxes. There aren\u2019t any [large language models] being used here. We\u2019re not calling out to, kind of, any open [artificial intelligence] servers. Everything is running locally and it\u2019s because we own our pipeline.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The company focused its original scope of the technology development on unmanned aerial systems within Army aviation and the Special Operations Command universe. But that work has expanded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Primordial Labs has also worked with the Army\u2019s program executive office for ground combat systems to experiment on a number of platforms, according to Ritholtz.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The company continues to find ways to work both with government customers and original equipment manufacturers to incorporate the capability. Primordial Labs currently has contracts with four program executive offices and five OEMs that include both air and ground platforms.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/land\/2019\/04\/29\/army-takes-another-stab-at-rucksack-portable-unmanned-aircraft\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/RavenUAS.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">US Army takes another stab at \u2018rucksack-portable\u2019 drone<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The Army could see new rucksack-portable drones in the force in short order, according to the Army&#039;s program executive officer for aviation.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In addition to working with potential candidates for the Short-Range Reconnaissance program, Anura has also been integrated for demos on the micro-drone Black Hornet, which is the Army\u2019s Soldier Borne Sensor system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 2025, the company is providing the Army\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/land\/2024\/10\/15\/how-the-armys-chief-of-staff-plans-to-modernize-the-service\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201ctransformation in contact\u201d brigades and divisions<\/a> \u2014designed to test technologically ready, innovative capabilities in operational environments \u2014 a minimum of 8,000 Anura licenses to support <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/unmanned\/2024\/03\/25\/the-robots-are-coming-us-army-experiments-with-human-machine-warfare\/\" target=\"_blank\">human-machine integrated formations experimentation.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Primordial Labs supported a major prime at Project Convergence in 2024 and is participating in the Army\u2019s Expeditionary Warrior Experiment in April.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Across the board, no matter what program Anura is supporting, \u201cthere is one Anura,\u201d Ritholtz emphasized. \u201cEven when we are using Anura for different applications, it\u2019s the same software. Every time we have a new application, we create a fork of Anura and then we figure, is this something that has legs?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Every time Anura gets a new application, \u201cit makes Anura better for everything,\u201d he noted.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/land\/2024\/10\/15\/how-the-armys-chief-of-staff-plans-to-modernize-the-service\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/8265413.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">How the Army\u2019s chief of staff plans to modernize the service<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The service faces an &quot;axis of upheaval,&quot; Gen. 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