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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.

Source
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.

Source
Propulsion
Not established in the reviewed public sources.

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

Source
Dimensions
Not established in the reviewed public sources.

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

Source
Mass
Not established in the reviewed public sources.

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

Source
Endurance
Not established in the reviewed public sources.

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

Source
Range
Not established in the reviewed public sources.

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

Source
Speed
Not established in the reviewed public sources.

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

Source
Altitude
Not established in the reviewed public sources.

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

Source
Payload
Not established in the reviewed public sources.

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

Source
Sensors
Not established in the reviewed public sources.

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

Source
Communications / navigation
Not established in the reviewed public sources.

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

Source