@anduril_industries: Cheap drones, loitering munitions, and constant surveillance have made traditional attack helicopters more vulnerable than ever. To meet this challenge, #Anduril has unveiled Thunder: an autonomous Group 5 attack tiltrotor built to fly alongside crewed aircraft, not replace them. Key highlights: 1. VTOL + tiltrotor design for helicopter flexibility with airplane-like speed and range. 2. Carries missiles, rockets, electronic warfare payloads, cargo, and counter-drone systems. 3. AI-powered autonomy allows pilots to command multiple Thunder aircraft at once. 4. One Apache paired with three Thunder aircraft can deliver up to 3× more combat mass while keeping pilots farther from danger. 5. Designed to operate even in GPS-denied and highly contested environments. Thunder represents a shift toward autonomous teaming, where software, AI, and affordable mass redefine attack aviation. First flight is planned for 2027.

KEKH87-F :

useless in real war

RBahn :

Getting a little too close to Skynet

Oof :

They basically made the droid gunship from Star Wars lol

s1ckrr :

how big is this thing ? its impossible to tell if its the size of a drone or a helicopter?

mrdx739 :

If you could make these (and other variants) electric or ultra fuel efficient,you could tailor this for Iran usage. In particular the Strait. Its cheaper....safer and you could run swarms of these to look for enemy assets & have high loiter time. We have war budget issues, cheaper platforms could turn into a DOD contract.

t.h.i.s.w.o.r.l.d_ :

What a world we live in to get to see a company like Anduril do beautiful work

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H/K drones 👌

🇩🇴 Felix 🇩🇴 :

amyndls :

😎😎😎