Anduril seems to have an interest in economy of scale, so outdoing DJI in production would make sense as one of their goals, ultimately replacing them (who thought being reliant on ideological enemies of democracy was a good idea?).
@@toasteroven6761there wouldn't be ideological enemies of democracy if democracy would stay in its own lane and stop being evangelical and push for color revolution everywhere
@@toasteroven6761"ideological enemies of democracy". With all due respect you cannot possibly think the American MIC cares about democracy, freedom or justice or whatever. They're the people that took down Alliende and installed far-right juntas all across South America. These people are no different just because they are private, in fact they're worse. What they created is slaughterbots and let's hope you will never see these things in action.
@@toasteroven6761 As cool as it would be to see, there's no way Anduril would out-produce DJI in quadcopters. Not a dig against them or their ability to manufacture. They just wouldn't be able to sell millions of quads every year like DJI does.
Well you better be for how much these things cost... A Ukrainian fpv costs 320usd. Now idk about this one but a switchblade 300 costs 60k usd. Meaning for every switchblade 300 you can deploy 200 Ukrainian fpv's. And they're far simpler to manufacture in a constrained economy. You do the math.
@@mysterioanonymous3206these will be priced "in the low tens of thousands of dollars" according to Anduril. Orders of magnitude more expensive than similar products, prohibitively so. That being said, it can communicate with other battlefield elements like missiles, fighters or other drones, and it can also automatically attack a selected target if connection is lost with the user, something commercials drones cannot do. I don't think it's worth 50-100 regular fpv drones, not to Ukraine anyway. I'm sure the US will probably spend a few billion on these for their forces though.
@@mysterioanonymous3206 to be honest the future even for rich country. like the US that can print money .. is cheap fast massive fpv. okay with that AI stuff you need less human ressource. but if you have fewer FPV or AAV whatever you will have less ressources anyway because they will all die. Rather have a lot of FPV that protect my military men. Because I can't replace my men
It would be cool if it could just separate and drop the explosive load at the last minute and recover the drone. That camera and electronics seems expensive to kamikaze them every time.
@@alomejorquenoexactly, people act like drones and their fpv counterparts are something that have only existed for a few years. What's changed is off the shelf parts have become easier to make and sell. A lot of people probably don't know you can make your own open source drone swarm using hobbyist parts and software if you have deep enough pockets. You absolutely DON'T have to use DJI, etc if you don't want to, however most people prefer a plug and play experience.
Unlike some of Anduril's other showings, this one actually has a ton of existing, battle-tested market competition from Ukraine's own drone factories. I wonder how it stacks up in performance and cost.
this is not an FPV drone, doesn't need a specialized pilot giving it every command, it's mainly autonomous with little input. Not the case with ukranian smaller drones. They're piloted drones. of course it'll be way more expensive
Especially this. Everyone can make cool hype video's, but how much does this bad boy cost per unit? Can it stack up against a cheap DJI of a Ukraine homemade one?
@@bzipoli This significantly lowers the barriers to entry from a skill standpoint. Absolutely worth additional cost. Ukraine's defenders are very skilled, but those skills take a lot of time to replace if they're lost. This thing can be used by any moderately intelligent 1LT in the field.
@@Desalnietteminimaal 23k per SKU for the drone, + you're able to reuse the remote but in Ukraine case Typical cost of a single FPV drone is $300-600 before the ability to detonate not very cost effective on our par, but hey what do i know
Drones have been used in military operations for like...20 years now. All these MIC contractors are doing is using off the shelf parts that have been available for a few years now. The hardest part is the HE charge used for kamikaze aspect. If the ingredients to make HE were easier to get, everyone would be making this. This is simply a DJI drone with a pound of C4 strapped to the underbelly and a detonator. Since the components of HE are all heavily regulated (like certain drug precursors for making things such as LSD) it would be impossible to acquire a meaningful amount as a civilian for offensive use. Maybe one could make a single unit or two for assassination purposes, but large scale acquisitions would require getting through all the red tape of the supply chain. Obviously a defense contractor has no issue with that problem.
lithium batteries can cause quite the fragmentation. not to mention the fact that when the lithium hits the atmospheric oxygen it burns at like 2000*C another lovely little perk to those on the receiving end
@@SHERMA. The Lithium content in a lithium-ion battery is only some 2 to 3% of the battery's weight. A mid- to larger sized consumer drone's battery is somewhere in the 300g to 500g so we're talking only 7g to 12g of Lithium. Lithium is used as a charge carrier in the battery's cathode. There won't be much fragmentation with Lithium. The explosion damage shown in the video is 99.99+% from on-board high explosives such as TNT, Semtex, RDX. It looks like some ball bearings are wrapped around the explosive charge to create shrapnel. That is a typical explosives design.
@@beyondfossil actually its more like 7% in european, north american and chinese lithium ion batteries. and the majority of the rest of battery is graphite, aluminium, copper and cobalt. all of which... goes without saying are dense materials for the most part that do nothing but aid the deadly effects of the explosive. even tho the lithium content is 7% i advise you to go watch RUS infantry destroyed by UKR drones. ive watched 1000's of clips and the 2000*C lithium manages to lodge itself either inside the infantry or inside the clothes of the infantry and causes horrific fires as it reacts with the atmosphere. believe it or not the reason lithium-ion batterys are so sensitively monitored on things such as planes or cargo ships is because of how violently they react when they touch the atmosphere. you could throw frags near a car all day and you would struggle to cause a fire with the shrapnel damage. explode a drone with its lithium ion battery on the other hand and 10% of the fragmentation burns at 2000*C and causes fires in car dashboards or trenches etc
@@beyondfossil its actually more like 7% which is way enough to get itself lodged in car dashboards or infantry clothing and plate carriers go watch UKR RUS drone footage and you can see the after effects of the lithium
@@TheManinBlack9054 We should always cheer for weapons that prevent people from being put in harms way. There's zero downside. The only people this has a downside for are enemies, which is the point. No weapons are planned to be deployed with AI able to carry out independent attacks. There's always a human performing any engagement action and there always will be.
@@TheManinBlack9054 And you're a coward who'd rather sit back and let fascists win. Things are accelerating at very fast pace towards a very bad war you either want to prepare for that war or you want to live under a rock.
This is an 18-pound, fully capable RSTA (Reconnaissance, Surveillance, and Target Acquisition) airborne platform, designed to be cheap, quickly reproducible, and deployable, fundamentally changing modern power projection. It can execute mission packages independently without requiring traditional support like air support, artillery, or guided missiles. Another key advantage is its short training cycle, allowing newly enlisted personnel to quickly master its operation. With AI-assisted systems and precision ordnance delivery, this system represents a major advancement in efficient, scalable warfare.
@@MrNoipe you're joking, or being sarcastic, right? Probably $500-$2K max. I know you're just joking, or just being sarcastic. For sure. You definitely are.
I suspect a laser with an object tracking camera could easily fry the image sensor on the drone. Or a basic radio jammer could interrupt its communication. Or a faster counter drone could drop a net on it. Bolt certainly has it's uses, but there are many inexpensive and low tech defenses against such drones. Maybe next gen military bases will be built inside Topgolf nets 🤣
With the Countering CCP Drones act the consumer / first responder / commercial market is WIDE open. If you can dominate the military sector like this, non military drones should be a walk in the park. As a proud American, I would fly a civilian Anduril quad without hesitation.
Exactly. They could churn out civilian drones in their planned 'Arsenal' factory to compete with DJI and then just flip a switch to make these as needed.
few question how long it can operate ? how much explosion does it have ? whats the camera ? whats the range ? does it have any AI capabilities ? what about automatic battery changing ? ...
you can see "munition variant" up in the top left hand corner at 00:13. talk about a chekovs gun! are these being purchased by the military or is this a proposal to be evalulated?
Would be nice to control two drones from one controller, with one assigned to attack mode and the other overwatch and assessment. They cooperate as a functional pair, to deliver the warhead while recording the stirke to confirm the kill. Operator can choose to RTB or send in the observation drone to finish the job if necessary. Warhead would be totally disabled in a defined geo containment area around the operator or base (always a bit scary when an armed device returns back to base!)
China cannot compete against the US in any scenario when comes to military technology, the US doesn't lead the commercial drones because they aren't interested in this market, if they were really interested they would be leading the market by a large margin.
1. What about resilience against multi-band jamming on the modern battlefield? 2. Such an expensive toy must be used as a bomber, not a loitering munition. It will be easy to implement. 3 Is it possible to pack a tandem HEAT (or EFP) munition instead of a fragmentation one?
is there a laser designator version? or maybe a narrow beam forming coms relay/control node version to fly outside of jamming range and guide/control other drones that have to go into GPS jamming range?-- just spitballin indeas.
There are anti-drone measures, but they are unwieldy and more costly than the drone. Otherwise if you're a master with a shotgun and actively vigilant during all your exposed outings, maybe you'll get lucky.
@@MadPutz You will hear one before you see one. You hear, you move, maybe bird shot instead on 00. That luck thing made me think of the Mossad motto...
For perhaps $20K, you can have professional-level motor winding machine, a CNC, a laser cutter and 3D printer. We need to develop distributed production of basic drones in America, so that an industry of more sophisticated drones for industrial and military application can ride on its back and scale up in an emergency. Seems like Anduril is on that, but only for the high end. It needs to be a base for the whole industry. I remember in the early days of VR/AR Palmer open-sourced a light detector for display sync that we used. We should "open source" the basis of an automated machine shop so that basic machining can be done anywhere and scale up.
to see military industrial complex marketing the first dji drone airburst is absolutely insane. This one feels different, and really highlights the reality of things out there now and how terrifying it is.
China cannot compete against the US in any scenario when comes to military technology, the US doesn't lead the commercial drones because they aren't interested in this market, if they were really interested they would be leading the market by a large margin.
Interesting product! I do wonder, though, why the entire drone has to explode. I was expecting it to release a munition while using the dive for precision and speed (similar to a real Stuka). This way, a unit could reuse the drone and only need to carry one, along with multiple munitions, rather than several drones.
It says there are three different payloads. Anti personnel, anti material, and anti armor. So I’d expect something, maybe not enough against a tank though.
@@gurmiro if it has a DJI-similar pattern gimbal, installing an aftermarket camera won't be a problem (+ i don't really want 4k camera tbh, I'd much rather have an actual military-esque FLIR drone)
Who do you mean when you say we? Americans? You think the american military gives a shit about americans? The national guard just abandoned america in a time of serious crisis, when a quarter of the country is left in shambles, they went on to start wars on behalf of a different country, whose ethnicity rules over you and has nothing but contempt for you. Honestly, by now, its hard to blame them.
@@gehstur7150 You have zero concept of the real world and probably get all your news from Russian trolls on twitter well either that or you're a Russian troll. Also you appear to be a rascist anti-semite so you're opinion is worth less than the toilet paper the national guard is delivering. FEMA is giving people upwards of 50k or better for the damages so don't say shit about we're not doing anything but, then you're one of those people who would complain about that too.
As freakishly awesome as this platform is, I think i would be more impressed if this unit was capable of delivering a payload to a target in a dive bomb fashion without being single use. Automated high speed dropping with say two payloads would be so much more cost effective. As someone who has personally built and flown FPV uavs in combat, I know what the cost per payload is - and I can guarantee its 1/10 the cost of this unit
Yeah but then you cut the range in half. Part of the sell is being able to use its full range to attack a target. Though I would agree adding in the option wouldn’t hurt.
@@Greene362 Once you drop the munition flight time will go up a little but, still if it can only fly 20 minutes out then come back and it saves you $20k or more that's worth it I'd imagine. Plus the logistics of it, supply chain is going to have a hard time keeping up in the event we were trying to have one person send 20+ of these out in a day which is not unreasonable to expect ignoring the cost implications at least.
Looks sick! But why does it have a 3 pound explosive payload for a 12 pound drone though? Mavics been pounding tanks and shelters with 5 pound RPG rounds strapped to them no problem.
this is very impressive, more expensive than a fpv drone but maybe less expensive than a whole fpv pilot, squad and bunker needed for these operations.
I hear you. While this looks more capable than what were seeing in Ukraine, it's also more expensive. Probably nowhere near as expensive as a missile, but still. And it might just be me, but the way Anduril is marketing this drone feels like an anti insurgency weapon for the early 2000s to 2010s rather than a potential high attrition war with a near pear.
Okay, I know this company is in kahoots with the military industrial complex but that slow motion detonation of that drone on that truck was fucking sick
"is in kahoots with the MIC" you know they sell weapons, right? what did you expect? their catalog in mainly weaponry and AI systems for the battlefield was this a surprise for someone? a weapons company working with the military?
@@rickjames18 exactly what the words describe; America's military industrial capabilities. As in, the companies that make shit; Raytheon, lockmart, etc
Loved the video and all the capabilties...exactly what we need in the US. I predict we'll need a palm-sized version for taking out individual infantry men who are spread out or just travelling in teams of 2. Something like what's in the "Slaughterbots" video on the DUST channel. A larger version would also be cool to see...something that can carry the explosive power of a 155mm High Explosive Round.
This is literally a Rainbow Six Seige character in real life, which is cool. And as cool as that is, I would not want that thing aimed at me. Terrifying stuff.
when a 7>incher like the quad in the video is flying like 50-100 meters above in the video its basically not audible. then again this isnt really meant for stealthy tracking they have other products for that.. this is the kill vehicle
I think this is a bit of a game changer. The typical small piloted Ukrainian drone is about 700 US, then whatever your strapping onto it has an explosive. Strapping on a grenade is cheap, but strapping on a shape charge is a different matter. So let's say $1,000 out the door for every one. And 80 to 90% of those never even get to their target because of attrition. So we're talking about 8,000 per hit. And that doesn't mean it's a kill every time. I think we've all seen video of tanks often taking several strikes. If the bolt turns out to have a high kill rate, it will be totally worth the suggested 23K that it will cost. And with it semi-autonomous, it won't take as much training to master it. And with a higher percentage of kills, the same pilot can reengage the next target more quickly. I really think it has a lot going for it.
Good, solving over-reliance with DJI should be a priority. Handheld drones have been the future of warfare and, uncomfortably, a Chinese company currently is the largest provider of such game-changers.
You should have a dedicated department solely for battery research and manufacturing high energy density batteries for higher range and control instead of relying on Third party battery manufacturers like CATL etc.
Anduril is not large enough to do that. Tesla should be leading on that front. Tesla has the resources and they also have the motive to achieve high energy density.
This is basically just a standard DJI drone with a bomb strapped to it. It's good to know that such a weapon could be built by anyone with basic chemistry and programming skills! 🔥
@@farzana6676 They do. They go even further than 20km. The obstacles and contested frequency bands are the problem, something that Anduril won't tell you on a commercial lol.
I honestly don't see how this is any different from what DJI can offer. I know lots of things listed here are not available in DJI drones but it's still achievable. Thats not mentioning FPVs, which are in different league. Point is, this one really didn't solve anything
lol, what video were you watching? autonomous track and strike in a GPS denied environment... EW jammer isn't gonna mess up this drone. And, it doesn't take an expert FPV pilot to fly. Yes, this is in a different league above manual & GPS drones.
Looks like a lot of excess plastic and unnecessary folding mechanisms for something designed to explode on its target... It can have all the cool functionality in the world, if it costs more than 1000$ it's going to be irrelevant. Ditch the fancy housings and make the arms socket into place instead of fancy hinges. This is a fancy grenade, not a pod racer.
When they described it as having a payload I expected it to be a drop style drone, not a kamikaze drone... I don't see why anyone would pay money the sort of money they'll ask for this when some kid with hobby grade equipment can perform the same function for much much less xD
It seems like it's meant to be recon until the munition is needed. My guess is that it's reasonable price for a high-end recon drone and if you need the munition functionality then the cost of the drone is a small price to pay for eliminating a much more expensive target. It also has an optimized system to maximize chance of success rather than just letting a bomb free-fall or manually flying it it. It's basically a recon drone where you have the choice on any given mission to pay tens of thousands of dollars to eliminate a target if it's deemed worthwhile.
what a cool looking drone, Air burst munitions and coming at you with speed out of the blue could have a terrible effect on a squad with little time to take cover. Who would ever wont to be grunt in the modern era
What is the payload size and what is the max speed. If it can chase down any vehicle, the speed of 70-90 km/h. How many electronic jammer can it avoid. Any country would want to buy some.
Surely the key would be to make the explosive component detachable so the drone itself can survive, reducing the cost of a "bombing run" even much further?
holy hell didn't expect the attack... thought it was just gonna show surveillance
What did you think the "M" in the name meant? 😂(M = Munition)
A surprise KABOOM in every box! 😉
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Me: "Ohhh! A new DJI competitor. Looks high quality. The shots will be sick!"
The literal shots:
I'm sure this was filmed using DJI Inspire 3
Anduril seems to have an interest in economy of scale, so outdoing DJI in production would make sense as one of their goals, ultimately replacing them (who thought being reliant on ideological enemies of democracy was a good idea?).
@@toasteroven6761there wouldn't be ideological enemies of democracy if democracy would stay in its own lane and stop being evangelical and push for color revolution everywhere
@@toasteroven6761"ideological enemies of democracy". With all due respect you cannot possibly think the American MIC cares about democracy, freedom or justice or whatever. They're the people that took down Alliende and installed far-right juntas all across South America.
These people are no different just because they are private, in fact they're worse. What they created is slaughterbots and let's hope you will never see these things in action.
@@toasteroven6761 As cool as it would be to see, there's no way Anduril would out-produce DJI in quadcopters. Not a dig against them or their ability to manufacture. They just wouldn't be able to sell millions of quads every year like DJI does.
That airburst was sick. I wasn't impressed until those last couple of shots showing the area of effect.
Well you better be for how much these things cost...
A Ukrainian fpv costs 320usd. Now idk about this one but a switchblade 300 costs 60k usd. Meaning for every switchblade 300 you can deploy 200 Ukrainian fpv's. And they're far simpler to manufacture in a constrained economy. You do the math.
@@mysterioanonymous3206these will be priced "in the low tens of thousands of dollars" according to Anduril. Orders of magnitude more expensive than similar products, prohibitively so.
That being said, it can communicate with other battlefield elements like missiles, fighters or other drones, and it can also automatically attack a selected target if connection is lost with the user, something commercials drones cannot do.
I don't think it's worth 50-100 regular fpv drones, not to Ukraine anyway. I'm sure the US will probably spend a few billion on these for their forces though.
@@mysterioanonymous3206 to be honest the future even for rich country. like the US that can print money .. is cheap fast massive fpv. okay with that AI stuff you need less human ressource. but if you have fewer FPV or AAV whatever you will have less ressources anyway because they will all die. Rather have a lot of FPV that protect my military men. Because I can't replace my men
It would be cool if it could just separate and drop the explosive load at the last minute and recover the drone. That camera and electronics seems expensive to kamikaze them every time.
bro it's not a video game. this shit will be used to kill civilians to plunder their resources.
"modern stuka can't scare you, it doesn't exist"
modern stuka:
Pocket Stuka 😂😂
It's a horrible invention that should be outlawed and banned. It's bringing humanity to the brink of extinction.
@@TheManinBlack9054 more like it's bringing Russian invasion to a halt, but you do you
@@TheManinBlack9054 womp fucking womp it means less of our guys die fighting. broadly that's considered a good thing.
@@TheManinBlack9054the genie’s out of the bottle already
Going from 9/11 to this in my short life time is incredible beyond words.
wont last long at this rate
We had RC helicopters in 2001, man.
@@alomejorquenoexactly, people act like drones and their fpv counterparts are something that have only existed for a few years.
What's changed is off the shelf parts have become easier to make and sell.
A lot of people probably don't know you can make your own open source drone swarm using hobbyist parts and software if you have deep enough pockets. You absolutely DON'T have to use DJI, etc if you don't want to, however most people prefer a plug and play experience.
Incredibly bad. Future looks dark
Them r.c copters wasn't doing that though @@alomejorqueno
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Wow, I just did this and she said, “that’s a cool toy, are you getting one?”
@@LADDZso...? Are u getting one or not?
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Isn’t using this a weapon a war crime?
Unlike some of Anduril's other showings, this one actually has a ton of existing, battle-tested market competition from Ukraine's own drone factories. I wonder how it stacks up in performance and cost.
this is not an FPV drone, doesn't need a specialized pilot giving it every command, it's mainly autonomous with little input. Not the case with ukranian smaller drones. They're piloted drones. of course it'll be way more expensive
Especially this. Everyone can make cool hype video's, but how much does this bad boy cost per unit? Can it stack up against a cheap DJI of a Ukraine homemade one?
@@bzipoli This significantly lowers the barriers to entry from a skill standpoint. Absolutely worth additional cost. Ukraine's defenders are very skilled, but those skills take a lot of time to replace if they're lost. This thing can be used by any moderately intelligent 1LT in the field.
40 min flight time alone is insane for the size
@@Desalnietteminimaal 23k per SKU for the drone, + you're able to reuse the remote but in Ukraine case Typical cost of a single FPV drone is $300-600 before the ability to detonate not very cost effective on our par, but hey what do i know
The battlefield completely changed when large and small drones were deployed it's a new world!
The world grows darker
It's literally killbots, and the people in the comments are all too happy about the destruction it's going to bring. Horrible.
Drones have been used in military operations for like...20 years now. All these MIC contractors are doing is using off the shelf parts that have been available for a few years now. The hardest part is the HE charge used for kamikaze aspect. If the ingredients to make HE were easier to get, everyone would be making this.
This is simply a DJI drone with a pound of C4 strapped to the underbelly and a detonator.
Since the components of HE are all heavily regulated (like certain drug precursors for making things such as LSD) it would be impossible to acquire a meaningful amount as a civilian for offensive use. Maybe one could make a single unit or two for assassination purposes, but large scale acquisitions would require getting through all the red tape of the supply chain. Obviously a defense contractor has no issue with that problem.
@@TheManinBlack9054i dont understand why you're in the comments here acting like this is skynet. its just a drone with explosives.
Yes alot of russians have been killed due to drones and the drones are keeping Ukrainein the fight.
the drone using itself as fragmentation material is crazy
lithium batteries can cause quite the fragmentation.
not to mention the fact that when the lithium hits the atmospheric oxygen it burns at like 2000*C
another lovely little perk to those on the receiving end
@@SHERMA. The Lithium content in a lithium-ion battery is only some 2 to 3% of the battery's weight. A mid- to larger sized consumer drone's battery is somewhere in the 300g to 500g so we're talking only 7g to 12g of Lithium. Lithium is used as a charge carrier in the battery's cathode.
There won't be much fragmentation with Lithium. The explosion damage shown in the video is 99.99+% from on-board high explosives such as TNT, Semtex, RDX. It looks like some ball bearings are wrapped around the explosive charge to create shrapnel. That is a typical explosives design.
@@beyondfossil actually its more like 7% in european, north american and chinese lithium ion batteries.
and the majority of the rest of battery is graphite, aluminium, copper and cobalt.
all of which... goes without saying are dense materials for the most part that do nothing but aid the deadly effects of the explosive.
even tho the lithium content is 7% i advise you to go watch RUS infantry destroyed by UKR drones. ive watched 1000's of clips and the 2000*C lithium manages to lodge itself either inside the infantry or inside the clothes of the infantry and causes horrific fires as it reacts with the atmosphere.
believe it or not the reason lithium-ion batterys are so sensitively monitored on things such as planes or cargo ships is because of how violently they react when they touch the atmosphere.
you could throw frags near a car all day and you would struggle to cause a fire with the shrapnel damage. explode a drone with its lithium ion battery on the other hand and 10% of the fragmentation burns at 2000*C and causes fires in car dashboards or trenches etc
@@beyondfossil its actually more like 7% which is way enough to get itself lodged in car dashboards or infantry clothing and plate carriers
go watch UKR RUS drone footage and you can see the after effects of the lithium
@@beyondfossilsome batteries use lithium foil
1:15 based on my 25 years of gaming experience, red button means "do not hesitate to click it now"
Yeah, and the interface looks quite intuitive so probably it would be quite easy to use
That's terrifying imagine a swarm of these controlled by AI
Black Mirror type beat
And many people in this comment section cheer for it. Unbelievable
@@TheManinBlack9054 I want man-mande horrors beyond my comprehension because I'm tired of man-made bores beneath my comprehension.
@@TheManinBlack9054 We should always cheer for weapons that prevent people from being put in harms way. There's zero downside. The only people this has a downside for are enemies, which is the point. No weapons are planned to be deployed with AI able to carry out independent attacks. There's always a human performing any engagement action and there always will be.
The key is never to give the AI control of the trigger. That's what go them in trouble in "Terminator".
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Sadly, that's probably closer than most people realize. Hopefully not in our lifetime.
@@VenturiLife Humas will probably kill each other before that happens
@@VenturiLife That's what he said (the new Physic Nobel winner, the father of AI). He made the news about that recently.
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Just don't ask for a raise, and if you do and they ignore, by god, don't ever try to organize a union of workers, and you'll be fine ;)
@@gehstur7150these people do not care about worker's rights, hell, they don't care about human rights at all. They are warhawks.
@@TheManinBlack9054 And you're a coward who'd rather sit back and let fascists win. Things are accelerating at very fast pace towards a very bad war you either want to prepare for that war or you want to live under a rock.
2:04 I love how you can see the punctured battery whizzing around on the hood of the truck
I am ready to order one. Where's the link?
its on amazon prime
Need them at Costco for bulk buying
That fragmentation warhead is scary effective, look at the radius and density of the shrapnel hitting the ground.
This is an 18-pound, fully capable RSTA (Reconnaissance, Surveillance, and Target Acquisition) airborne platform, designed to be cheap, quickly reproducible, and deployable, fundamentally changing modern power projection. It can execute mission packages independently without requiring traditional support like air support, artillery, or guided missiles. Another key advantage is its short training cycle, allowing newly enlisted personnel to quickly master its operation. With AI-assisted systems and precision ordnance delivery, this system represents a major advancement in efficient, scalable warfare.
cheap? how much do you think this actually costs? probably $50k minimum.
@@MrNoipe .... what?
@@ssnork4359 well it does have parts made out of carbon .. so expensive.
@@MrNoipe you're joking, or being sarcastic, right? Probably $500-$2K max. I know you're just joking, or just being sarcastic. For sure. You definitely are.
@@JMac122 hahaha no way. this is military equipment. you're off by two orders of magnitude at minimum.
babe wake up new anduril video just dropped
now try to go to sleep.
@@sMVshortMusicVideosi dont think I will😊
Another fine Anduril product with all angles covered. Nice one!😊
I suspect a laser with an object tracking camera could easily fry the image sensor on the drone. Or a basic radio jammer could interrupt its communication. Or a faster counter drone could drop a net on it. Bolt certainly has it's uses, but there are many inexpensive and low tech defenses against such drones. Maybe next gen military bases will be built inside Topgolf nets 🤣
@@SafetyLucas Send in the swarm of them
@@SafetyLucas They should operate in autonomous swarms. Making it much more difficult to counter.
There is nothing nice about creating autonomous weapons. It's a horrifying invention that you should not praise.
Its not a "fine product". Its a slaughterbot, you are completely lost as a person.
Why is this advertised on youtube?? Like oh wow!! I should buy that for my dad on Xmas😂
With the Countering CCP Drones act the consumer / first responder / commercial market is WIDE open. If you can dominate the military sector like this, non military drones should be a walk in the park. As a proud American, I would fly a civilian Anduril quad without hesitation.
Industry is trying to adjust rapidly and there aren't many options, so yeah, the market is truly wide open for a USA made drone.
this
Exactly. They could churn out civilian drones in their planned 'Arsenal' factory to compete with DJI and then just flip a switch to make these as needed.
CCP: yeah i made every single part of it, so the MIC can hire some fat hillbillies at $15/hr to put them together
it's an israeli company, not US
"It's a DJI killer"
"What?"
"It's a DJI killer"
Damn it Anduril hire me already
I’ve been doing this for years and I’m down the street!
They already know where you are
Watch the Pepperdine university interview Palmer did recently if you're serious about employment.
@@AndrewDasilvaPLT I will, thank you for the rec!
@@TheManinBlack9054 Why not?
If you had the skills they need you'd probably already have the job.
When is it going to be available on Amazon or Walmart 😅😅
Who ever designed the audio of this promotion deserve a bouns!
few question
how long it can operate ?
how much explosion does it have ?
whats the camera ?
whats the range ?
does it have any AI capabilities ?
what about automatic battery changing ?
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Didnt you guys have some forest fire fighting tank you developed? I'd like to see video of that.
you can see "munition variant" up in the top left hand corner at 00:13. talk about a chekovs gun! are these being purchased by the military or is this a proposal to be evalulated?
I guess you got your answer at the end
Absolutely minty. I needed more liquid and neural DnB in my milspec adverts. Much obliged.
I LOVE your branding and design language. You have the most beautiful company i’ve ever seen before.
Anduril’s promo/sizzle reel team needs a promotion. 🍿
Would be nice to control two drones from one controller, with one assigned to attack mode and the other overwatch and assessment. They cooperate as a functional pair, to deliver the warhead while recording the stirke to confirm the kill. Operator can choose to RTB or send in the observation drone to finish the job if necessary. Warhead would be totally disabled in a defined geo containment area around the operator or base (always a bit scary when an armed device returns back to base!)
need this on souther border, cartels will love to meet Bolt family
These projects are done for money, not for solving problems
cartels will end up owning their own.
@@barskaracadag3923 Quest for money has always solved problems. That's how America became so advanced 😂😂😂
@@farzana6676 yeah also by printing money
@@barskaracadag3923 cartels got money😉
This is insanely cool 😂 props to the team behind this
Oh crap, and me thinking it's a competitor to DJI
This looks much more fun
Much more fun for whom?
@@TheManinBlack9054 Ukrainians would probably have a good time with it.
China cannot compete against the US in any scenario when comes to military technology, the US doesn't lead the commercial drones because they aren't interested in this market, if they were really interested they would be leading the market by a large margin.
1. What about resilience against multi-band jamming on the modern battlefield? 2. Such an expensive toy must be used as a bomber, not a loitering munition. It will be easy to implement. 3 Is it possible to pack a tandem HEAT (or EFP) munition instead of a fragmentation one?
is there a laser designator version?
or maybe a narrow beam forming coms relay/control node version to fly outside of jamming range and guide/control other drones that have to go into GPS jamming range?-- just spitballin indeas.
Brilliant work. When Bolt follow an object on the ground, how is the noise from the propeller been heard on the ground in dBZ?
Damn. You could assassinate anyone in the world and they’d never be able to stop you.
There are anti-drone measures, but they are unwieldy and more costly than the drone. Otherwise if you're a master with a shotgun and actively vigilant during all your exposed outings, maybe you'll get lucky.
@@MadPutz unless you have a portable directed EMP, all other countermeasures are useless if the drone is in autonomous mode
@@MadPutz
You will hear one before you see one. You hear, you move, maybe bird shot instead on 00. That luck thing made me think of the Mossad motto...
@@christianfelix1580 but the drone can be shielded against EMP of a certain strenght...
@@heretikpapy expensive, but also true, dark times ahead :/
nice does it have geo fencing? i like to use this to smuggle things across borders or carry other payloads
"engage left button" I love the present
For perhaps $20K, you can have professional-level motor winding machine, a CNC, a laser cutter and 3D printer. We need to develop distributed production of basic drones in America, so that an industry of more sophisticated drones for industrial and military application can ride on its back and scale up in an emergency. Seems like Anduril is on that, but only for the high end. It needs to be a base for the whole industry. I remember in the early days of VR/AR Palmer open-sourced a light detector for display sync that we used. We should "open source" the basis of an automated machine shop so that basic machining can be done anywhere and scale up.
to see military industrial complex marketing the first dji drone airburst is absolutely insane. This one feels different, and really highlights the reality of things out there now and how terrifying it is.
China cannot compete against the US in any scenario when comes to military technology, the US doesn't lead the commercial drones because they aren't interested in this market, if they were really interested they would be leading the market by a large margin.
Interesting product! I do wonder, though, why the entire drone has to explode. I was expecting it to release a munition while using the dive for precision and speed (similar to a real Stuka). This way, a unit could reuse the drone and only need to carry one, along with multiple munitions, rather than several drones.
Anduril dominates! Let the eagle screech! 🇺🇲🦅🇺🇲
Are they from US Minor Outlying Islands?
@RiwenX They are headquartered in California with multiple locations across the country as well as some international facilities.
amazing music choices bravo chads
nice bud will there also be one whit a shaped charge to knock out ifv or maby even tanks
It says there are three different payloads. Anti personnel, anti material, and anti armor. So I’d expect something, maybe not enough against a tank though.
"Watch a vaporware product we will get a government contract for to develop then disappear like Metalstorm."
metalstorm was a one product wonder, anduril is diversifying their stuff like with barracuda
Please make some for consumer and commercial use. I would love to upgrade from my old drone.
Lucky is supposed to come out with a new vr headset so im waiting on that
can you make a consumer drone? Like ones that don't blow up? we want a dji competitor for so long now
X2
low camera quality will be a problem. most military drones are not equipped with small, high definition cameras like DJI's
@@gurmiro if it has a DJI-similar pattern gimbal, installing an aftermarket camera won't be a problem (+ i don't really want 4k camera tbh, I'd much rather have an actual military-esque FLIR drone)
Bro... Why will they sell a 500 usd drone for us when they can sell the exact same drone to the govt for 15k usd by just adding a grenade on it.
@@danarrib LOL you misspelled 150k.
How much, and can civilian buy them? That tracking Is awesome!
Anduril cooks up another ultra-modern advanced warfare weapon for the 21st century
the shenzhen market already have this kind of drone. and price is much much cheap than everyone thought
We need to win the drone wars
Who do you mean when you say we?
Americans?
You think the american military gives a shit about americans?
The national guard just abandoned america in a time of serious crisis, when a quarter of the country is left in shambles, they went on to start wars on behalf of a different country, whose ethnicity rules over you and has nothing but contempt for you.
Honestly, by now, its hard to blame them.
@@gehstur7150 You have zero concept of the real world and probably get all your news from Russian trolls on twitter well either that or you're a Russian troll. Also you appear to be a rascist anti-semite so you're opinion is worth less than the toilet paper the national guard is delivering. FEMA is giving people upwards of 50k or better for the damages so don't say shit about we're not doing anything but, then you're one of those people who would complain about that too.
Guys looks like an amazing work, any thoughts regarding an IPO?
The savior of western civilization.
Until China builds millions of them...
As freakishly awesome as this platform is, I think i would be more impressed if this unit was capable of delivering a payload to a target in a dive bomb fashion without being single use.
Automated high speed dropping with say two payloads would be so much more cost effective.
As someone who has personally built and flown FPV uavs in combat, I know what the cost per payload is - and I can guarantee its 1/10 the cost of this unit
Yeah but then you cut the range in half. Part of the sell is being able to use its full range to attack a target. Though I would agree adding in the option wouldn’t hurt.
@@Greene362 Once you drop the munition flight time will go up a little but, still if it can only fly 20 minutes out then come back and it saves you $20k or more that's worth it I'd imagine. Plus the logistics of it, supply chain is going to have a hard time keeping up in the event we were trying to have one person send 20+ of these out in a day which is not unreasonable to expect ignoring the cost implications at least.
at first i thought its a commercial drone that has that Dive feature to make cool shots like an FPV drone until 1:59
please come out with hobbyist and commercial (non military) drones too. Thank you for all you do
Name of the background music used in the video?
Looks sick! But why does it have a 3 pound explosive payload for a 12 pound drone though? Mavics been pounding tanks and shelters with 5 pound RPG rounds strapped to them no problem.
Babe wake up, dude who keeps copying my "Babe, wake up" comments on Anduril videos just posted:
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Soo the explotion source it from battery? And we just need dome jammer signal
pls for the love of god do an IPO already so I can give you my life savings
this is very impressive, more expensive than a fpv drone but maybe less expensive than a whole fpv pilot, squad and bunker needed for these operations.
I hear you. While this looks more capable than what were seeing in Ukraine, it's also more expensive. Probably nowhere near as expensive as a missile, but still.
And it might just be me, but the way Anduril is marketing this drone feels like an anti insurgency weapon for the early 2000s to 2010s rather than a potential high attrition war with a near pear.
Okay the tech is absolutely stunning but this song is amazing too...
Yeah that's dope and the UI was very well done. UI is missed so often Anduril nailed that one.
Okay, I know this company is in kahoots with the military industrial complex but that slow motion detonation of that drone on that truck was fucking sick
The USA needs the Military Industrial Complex now more than ever.
As President Reagan said, we should always strive for "Peace through strength".
"is in kahoots with the MIC"
you know they sell weapons, right? what did you expect? their catalog in mainly weaponry and AI systems for the battlefield
was this a surprise for someone? a weapons company working with the military?
What “military industrial complex”?
@@bzipoli why are you getting this mad over a joke.
@@rickjames18 exactly what the words describe; America's military industrial capabilities.
As in, the companies that make shit; Raytheon, lockmart, etc
Loved the video and all the capabilties...exactly what we need in the US. I predict we'll need a palm-sized version for taking out individual infantry men who are spread out or just travelling in teams of 2. Something like what's in the "Slaughterbots" video on the DUST channel. A larger version would also be cool to see...something that can carry the explosive power of a 155mm High Explosive Round.
It knows where it is because it knows where it isn't.
Interesting AP drone. How do you prevent accidental engagement. A double click seems kind of a thin firing pin...
This is literally a Rainbow Six Seige character in real life, which is cool.
And as cool as that is, I would not want that thing aimed at me. Terrifying stuff.
It's not cool, you already understand it since you don't want any of it near you
@@TheManinBlack9054 You know who's really gonna think it's not cool? Russia and China lol
if u lose a signal he will back to area where he can get good signal again ?
loud propeller sound might be an issue
Couldn't help but think about that the entire video. Audible stealth is a mission requirement.
when a 7>incher like the quad in the video is flying like 50-100 meters above in the video its basically not audible. then again this isnt really meant for stealthy tracking they have other products for that.. this is the kill vehicle
Was wondering why there was an engage on the remote. Well, thanks for promoting a product most of us can’t buy or need.
Anduril - The Tesla of Defense firms.
Lol Dont disrespect Anduril by comparing scummy companies like tesla
Spacex
@@shariqxmujibNaa, I am good on that, Mr.lib.
@@shariqxmujibthis 😂
@@shariqxmujib tesla invested in Anduril, namely space X fought for private companies to have a fair shot at defense contracts... get some education
I think this is a bit of a game changer. The typical small piloted Ukrainian drone is about 700 US, then whatever your strapping onto it has an explosive. Strapping on a grenade is cheap, but strapping on a shape charge is a different matter. So let's say $1,000 out the door for every one. And 80 to 90% of those never even get to their target because of attrition. So we're talking about 8,000 per hit. And that doesn't mean it's a kill every time. I think we've all seen video of tanks often taking several strikes. If the bolt turns out to have a high kill rate, it will be totally worth the suggested 23K that it will cost. And with it semi-autonomous, it won't take as much training to master it. And with a higher percentage of kills, the same pilot can reengage the next target more quickly. I really think it has a lot going for it.
Good, solving over-reliance with DJI should be a priority. Handheld drones have been the future of warfare and, uncomfortably, a Chinese company currently is the largest provider of such game-changers.
They did not need to go this hard. Cinematic af
You should have a dedicated department solely for battery research and manufacturing high energy density batteries for higher range and control instead of relying on Third party battery manufacturers like CATL etc.
Anduril is not large enough to do that. Tesla should be leading on that front. Tesla has the resources and they also have the motive to achieve high energy density.
Outstanding! We'll take a million of these please!
we need a Lucky Hawaiian T shirt line.
Wow!
It can track objects precisely, to the point you will run if it chases you...
Is it just me, or does glorifying warfare like this feel unsettling
The up-beat music, the Xbox UI, the aesthetic presentation. This feels like a dystopian parody -but it's real.
It's similar to watching marketing conferences discuss targeted advertisements in glowing terms
Anduril, as in flame of the west, reforged by the elves?
huh my DJI can do this
Ukrainians did a pretty good job using the landing light as a grenade dropper too. So theirs is reusable.
Lol djis are even better
I was being sarcastic you guys
Do you offer a version without weapons? Something that can carry chocolate or marshmallows? Would be nice
This is basically just a standard DJI drone with a bomb strapped to it. It's good to know that such a weapon could be built by anyone with basic chemistry and programming skills! 🔥
Other than missing the autonomous features so it can't be taken out by EW as easily and airburst.
Not exactly true, these things have to be much more resiliant to electronic warfare than a commerical version (which is the hard bit).
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DJI drones don't have 20km range 😂😂😂
@@farzana6676 They do. They go even further than 20km. The obstacles and contested frequency bands are the problem, something that Anduril won't tell you on a commercial lol.
holy frick that's insane the explosion?!
I honestly don't see how this is any different from what DJI can offer. I know lots of things listed here are not available in DJI drones but it's still achievable.
Thats not mentioning FPVs, which are in different league.
Point is, this one really didn't solve anything
It’s American made. Not being made in China is what it solves.
lol, what video were you watching? autonomous track and strike in a GPS denied environment... EW jammer isn't gonna mess up this drone. And, it doesn't take an expert FPV pilot to fly. Yes, this is in a different league above manual & GPS drones.
It's the fact that the US can't use DJI as they are a foreign made product. The US gov is transitioning to only using US made equipment etc.
AI means it can be operated it's own program while offline. that's very different from DJI.
I did not know men could build such things ⚡️⚡️💥💥Watching from Papua New Guinea 🇵🇬🇺🇸
Looks like a lot of excess plastic and unnecessary folding mechanisms for something designed to explode on its target... It can have all the cool functionality in the world, if it costs more than 1000$ it's going to be irrelevant. Ditch the fancy housings and make the arms socket into place instead of fancy hinges. This is a fancy grenade, not a pod racer.
When they described it as having a payload I expected it to be a drop style drone, not a kamikaze drone... I don't see why anyone would pay money the sort of money they'll ask for this when some kid with hobby grade equipment can perform the same function for much much less xD
why not have both?
my guy its definitely more than 1000$, this is american made drone, with proprietary american made software
@@HolyOllie "low tens of thousands of dollars, depending on configuration" according to Anduril CSO
It seems like it's meant to be recon until the munition is needed. My guess is that it's reasonable price for a high-end recon drone and if you need the munition functionality then the cost of the drone is a small price to pay for eliminating a much more expensive target. It also has an optimized system to maximize chance of success rather than just letting a bomb free-fall or manually flying it it. It's basically a recon drone where you have the choice on any given mission to pay tens of thousands of dollars to eliminate a target if it's deemed worthwhile.
what a cool looking drone, Air burst munitions and coming at you with speed out of the blue could have a terrible effect on a squad with little time to take cover. Who would ever wont to be grunt in the modern era
Thank Christ you guys are on our side.
On the side of whoever pays enough
What is the payload size and what is the max speed. If it can chase down any vehicle, the speed of 70-90 km/h. How many electronic jammer can it avoid. Any country would want to buy some.
Is there a typo at 0:47, 'GPS-Denied Options', should it be 'Defined'?
Nah, I think they are saying it can work without GPS
Nah gps denial is a huge issue for wartime quads
Nope. EW normally jams gnss by default
@@seagie382 Luckily, it would be trivial to train an inference model to navigate by looking at the terrain.
No, because the Bolt M uses AI guidance, it can go into areas where GPS is denied (jammed) and still operate fine.
I would not want to end up on the receiving end of one of these.... Really cool tech.
It would be cool to see one of these launching/landing on top of a moving IFV for scouting
So ok
DJI vs. Anduril
Drone Games 2026 by Red Bull
Opening ceremonies in Taipei, Taiwan.
Surely the key would be to make the explosive component detachable so the drone itself can survive, reducing the cost of a "bombing run" even much further?