{"id":"c1e3992b-46c2-4cd8-bda0-827e35e6230f","companyId":"7bdb9a35-31c5-4740-bddd-8756fdd5f0c4","modelName":"Ghost (Ghost-X)","slug":"anduril-ghost","description":"Ghost is Anduril Industries' helicopter-style single-rotor autonomous VTOL small uncrewed aircraft for intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance, with the current Ghost-X variant redesigned on Ukrainian combat feedback from the Ghost 4 lineage launched in September 2020. It carries roughly a 20-to-25-pound payload over about 75 to 90 minutes and 25 kilometers, runs Anduril's Lattice autonomy software, and sits on the Defense Innovation Unit's China-free Blue UAS list. Its verified gating events are strong: in September 2024 it was selected for the US Army's Company-Level small-UAS Directed Requirement Tranche 1 alongside Performance Drone Works' C-100, under a $14.417 million ten-year indefinite-delivery contract, and it was chosen via the Army's Medium Range Reconnaissance program under Replicator for rapid fielding to Brigade Combat Teams, with thirteen Army units logging more than 1,200 unit-hours over the prior year and combat use in Ukraine since 2022, backed by a $1 billion Ohio manufacturing facility announced in January 2025. On AI substance the Lattice stack delivers genuine fielded onboard autonomy, including radio-silent flight, single-operator multi-drone teaming, and automatic mission hand-off on low battery, and Ghost is wired in the registry to the existing Lattice brain; note that Hivemind is Shield AI's autonomy stack, not Anduril's, so Ghost is not wired to it. Counter-evidence is kept rather than suppressed: a Ghost-X crashed in uncontrolled flight during January 2025 training in Germany and Bloomberg reported broader Anduril drone-crash setbacks in late 2025, real reliability friction that Anduril says it diagnosed and fixed. A reported roughly $17 million April 2026 contract, a 300-percent-effectiveness claim, and precise total fielded counts are recorded as claimed but not verified.","formFactor":"aerial","maturityStage":"production","lifecycleState":"active","supersededByModelId":null,"specs":{"notes":[{"label":"Verified (gating events)","value":"Sept 2024: selected for the US Army Company-Level sUAS Directed Requirement Tranche 1 (with PDW C-100); $14.417M 10-year IDIQ. Selected via the Army's Medium Range Reconnaissance (Replicator) program for rapid fielding to Brigade Combat Teams. Fielded with US forces: 13 Army units flew 1,200+ unit-hours over the prior year (Anduril, citing Army exercise data); Ukraine combat use since 2022. $1B Ohio manufacturing facility announced Jan 2025."},{"label":"AI-substance: SUBSTANTIVE","value":"Lattice delivers real onboard autonomy: radio-silent autonomous flight, single-operator multi-drone teaming, automatic mission hand-off on low battery. Fielded autonomy, not slideware. (Wired to the existing lattice Brain. NOTE: Hivemind is SHIELD AI's stack, not Anduril's - Ghost is NOT wired to hivemind.)"},{"label":"Counter-evidence (kept, not suppressed)","value":"A Ghost-X crashed in uncontrolled flight during Jan 2025 training near Hohenfels, Germany; Bloomberg (Nov 2025) reported broader Anduril drone-crash setbacks. Real reliability friction; Anduril says cause identified/fixed and units continued operating. Argues against the very top of production tier but not below it."},{"label":"Claimed but NOT verified","value":"A later ~$17M Apr 2026 Ghost-X ISR contract (trade press, primary not reached - re-verify); '300% more effective vs OPFOR' (Anduril citing Army exercise framing, not an independent DoD release); marketing compute-speed figures; precise total fielded unit count."}],"specs":"Ghost-X (current; redesigned on Ukraine combat feedback; lineage Ghost 4, Sept 2020). Endurance ~75-90 min, range ~25 km, payload ~20-25 lb (specs drift by source/variant). Runs Anduril's Lattice autonomy. On the DIU Blue UAS List (China-free supply chain).","formFactor":"aerial (helicopter-style single-rotor autonomous VTOL small UAS for ISR/reconnaissance)"},"manufacturerSerial":null,"reviewStatus":"reviewed","sources":[{"url":"https://www.army.mil/article/279603/","title":"US Army selects vendors for Company-Level sUAS Directed Requirement (Ghost-X; $14.417M IDIQ)","sourceName":"U.S. Army"},{"url":"https://defensescoop.com/2024/10/17/replicator-ghost-x-drones-anduril-army/","title":"Army moves to rapidly field Anduril's Ghost-X via Replicator MRR","sourceName":"DefenseScoop"},{"url":"https://breakingdefense.com/2024/09/army-selects-two-attritable-uass-for-company-level-recon-surveillance-and-target-acquisition/","title":"Army selects 2 attritable UAS for company-level recon (Ghost-X + PDW C-100)","sourceName":"Breaking Defense"},{"url":"https://defence-industry.eu/anduril-responds-to-reports-of-failed-altius-and-ghost-x-tests-with-wider-context-on-development/","title":"Anduril on Ghost-X fielding (1,200+ unit-hours; crash context)","sourceName":"Defence Industry Europe"},{"url":"https://www.airforce-technology.com/projects/ghost-4-vtol-suas/","title":"Ghost 4 VTOL sUAS (lineage; helicopter-style autonomous ISR)","sourceName":"Airforce Technology"}],"aliases":["Anduril Ghost","Ghost-X","Ghost 4"],"collisionRisk":"low","reviewNote":null,"manufacturerTermForTeleop":null,"createdAt":"2026-06-03T20:34:37.529Z","updatedAt":"2026-06-03T20:34:37.529Z","jsonLd":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Product","@id":"https://registry.deploy.report/models/anduril-ghost","url":"https://registry.deploy.report/models/anduril-ghost","name":"Ghost (Ghost-X)","alternateName":["Anduril Ghost","Ghost-X","Ghost 4"],"description":"Ghost is Anduril Industries' helicopter-style single-rotor autonomous VTOL small uncrewed aircraft for intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance, with the current Ghost-X variant redesigned on Ukrainian combat feedback from the Ghost 4 lineage launched in September 2020. It carries roughly a 20-to-25-pound payload over about 75 to 90 minutes and 25 kilometers, runs Anduril's Lattice autonomy software, and sits on the Defense Innovation Unit's China-free Blue UAS list. Its verified gating events are strong: in September 2024 it was selected for the US Army's Company-Level small-UAS Directed Requirement Tranche 1 alongside Performance Drone Works' C-100, under a $14.417 million ten-year indefinite-delivery contract, and it was chosen via the Army's Medium Range Reconnaissance program under Replicator for rapid fielding to Brigade Combat Teams, with thirteen Army units logging more than 1,200 unit-hours over the prior year and combat use in Ukraine since 2022, backed by a $1 billion Ohio manufacturing facility announced in January 2025. On AI substance the Lattice stack delivers genuine fielded onboard autonomy, including radio-silent flight, single-operator multi-drone teaming, and automatic mission hand-off on low battery, and Ghost is wired in the registry to the existing Lattice brain; note that Hivemind is Shield AI's autonomy stack, not Anduril's, so Ghost is not wired to it. Counter-evidence is kept rather than suppressed: a Ghost-X crashed in uncontrolled flight during January 2025 training in Germany and Bloomberg reported broader Anduril drone-crash setbacks in late 2025, real reliability friction that Anduril says it diagnosed and fixed. A reported roughly $17 million April 2026 contract, a 300-percent-effectiveness claim, and precise total fielded counts are recorded as claimed but not verified.","identifier":"c1e3992b-46c2-4cd8-bda0-827e35e6230f","category":"aerial","publisher":{"@id":"https://deploy.report/#organization"}}}