Anduril Industries and General Dynamics Land Systems (GDLS) have announced a partnership to embed Anduril’s Spark radar into next-generation armored vehicles and ground platforms. The collaboration seeks to strengthen vehicle protection against emerging threats like drones and precision-guided weapons that challenge traditional ground-based defenses.
The integration will see Anduril’s advanced radar and battle management technologies incorporated into GDLS platforms during the design phase, rather than as retrofits. This proactive approach enables tighter hardware-software synergy, improves performance, and ensures future scalability as new operational requirements emerge.
Anduril’s Spark radar is a maneuver-protection system capable of detecting aerial and ground threats with exceptional precision. Using X/Ku-band frequencies, it can track small Group 1 drones at up to 10 kilometers, larger Group 3 unmanned systems at 18 kilometers, and ground vehicles at around 12 kilometers. The system’s Lattice command-and-control interface allows radar data to be shared between vehicles and command nodes, delivering a unified situational picture across the battlefield.
This initiative underlines a broader shift toward networked defense, where multiple vehicles and systems operate as a coordinated protection network. Initial integration will occur on armored vehicles, followed by expansion to support command posts, launchers, and fire-control elements. Anduril emphasized that this evolution moves survivability from isolated vehicle defense to a fleet-wide, cooperative protection model—enhancing resilience and operational coherence in high-threat environments.
