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Choose up to three systems. Specifications retain their source and configuration; missing information is left undisclosed.

Anduril ALTIUS 600 / 700

Tube-stored launched-effects aircraft with documented Army integration trials; the larger 700 is distinct from the original 600.

Country / region
United States
Programme status
Development / trials
Sources reviewed
21 Sept 2026
Development / trialsDevelopment / trials
Primary domain
Air
System type
Multirole aircraft
Developer / manufacturer
Anduril Industries / Area-I
Origin / production countries
United States
Other names
No additional names recorded
Variants / configurations
ALTIUS 600; ALTIUS 700; M-designated munition variants require separate configuration evidence
Operators / programme customers
US Army development and experimentation organisations

Evidence & current status

Trial status is scoped to the cited Army integrations. ALTIUS 600, 700 and M variants do not share an assumed numerical baseline.

Role & capabilities

  • Distributed sensing
  • Modular mission equipment
  • Collaborative-aircraft experimentation

Specifications in context

Airframe
Tube-stored deployable-wing aircraft family

Published configuration baseline; maxima are not necessarily simultaneous.

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Launch / recovery
Air and other platform launch integrations; the cited 2026 trial concerns ALTIUS 700

Test configuration, not a universal launch certification for every variant.

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Propulsion
Not established in the reviewed public sources.

Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted.

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Dimensions
Not established in the reviewed public sources.

Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted.

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Mass
Not established in the reviewed public sources.

Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted.

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Endurance
Not established in the reviewed public sources.

Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted.

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Range
Not established in the reviewed public sources.

Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted.

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Speed
Not established in the reviewed public sources.

Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted.

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Altitude
Not established in the reviewed public sources.

Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted.

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Payload
Not established in the reviewed public sources.

Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted.

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Sensors
Not established in the reviewed public sources.

Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted.

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Communications / navigation
Not established in the reviewed public sources.

Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted.

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