Anduril Ghost 4
Anduril Ghost 4 is an autonomous VTOL UAV powered by the Lattice artificial intelligence platform. The Ghost 4 is modular, portable, waterproof and combines long runtime, high payload capacity and near-silent acoustic signature for a wide variety of applications. Designed and manufactured in the United States to meet the needs of the country's security forces. Provides surveillance and reconnaissance capabilities, including in real time, creating clearer overall situational awareness that allows military personnel to make more informed decisions.
Anduril Ghost 4 is capable of performing reconnaissance missions in automatic single / group mode, such as searching for enemy manpower and its individual means of destruction. It can carry a payload of various purposes, including systems capable of jamming enemy communications, or an infrared laser for aiming weapons at a target. Only one person is required to launch and operate one / a group of Ghost 4 drones.
Features
Key features of the Ghost 4 autonomous drone:
- Capable of 32 trillion operations per second and uses Lattice artificial intelligence core to execute algorithms on periphery. Ghost 4 can autonomously detect, classify, and track objects of interest in low bandwidth or challenging environments.
- The operator can perform complex tasks using any number of Ghost 4 - from one drone to several. UAVs united in a group can interact with each other to achieve mission goals that cannot be achieved with the help of a single unit.
- Modular hardware platform customizable for virtually any mission. New payloads can also be easily integrated, ensuring that Ghost 4 does not become technically obsolete.
- Network Payload Sections: Data and power flows between each sealed enclosure, allowing users to quickly swap modules in the field. This modularity also allows for continuous development of advanced capabilities to meet changing mission criteria.
- Quick Release Gimbal: If your device has specific ISR payload requirements, the gimbal can be swapped out in seconds, which also allows sensitive components to be individually packaged and transported.
- The bottom rail is built to the popular Swiss Arca standard, making it easy to install larger batteries, pendant sensors, delivery payloads, and even experimental power systems.
- Designed from the ground up to meet the unique requirements of real users. All attributes have been tested and tested in real world field conditions.
- Virtually Quiet: Direct drive engine and advanced rotor design are significantly quieter than most quadcopters. The drone is practically inaudible at short distances, which allows new tactics to be employed.
- Portable: can be assembled and ready for a mission in less than 60 seconds by a single operator (regardless of male or female).
- Waterproof: Tough, weatherproof and designed for heavy use in harsh environments - even in the marine environment.
- Designed for use in a variety of missions in any environment, including ISR, anti-intrusion, SAR, and reconnaissance signals.
Specification
Available specification for Anduril Ghost 4:
Latest AI drone to boost military intelligence
This spring, a group of handheld drones, each resembling a small helicopter with sensors, scoured the lush wilderness near Irvine, State California. They circled the sky for hours, looking for, among other things, surface-to-air missile launchers lurking in the thicket.
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The missiles they found were not enemy missiles. They were the prop for the first test flights of a prototype military drone equipped with artificial intelligence - the latest product from Anduril, a defense technology startup founded by Palmer Luckey, creator of the Oculus Rift.
The new Ghost 4 drone demonstrates the potential of AI in military systems. Lucky says this is the first generation to be able to carry out a variety of reconnaissance missions, including searching for enemy vehicles or soldiers, under the control of a single person on the ground. The drone uses machine learning (the method behind most modern AIs) to analyze images and determine targets, but it also relies on more traditional rule-based software for critical control and group decision making when flying in a swarm.
Drones can carry various payloads, including systems capable of suppressing enemy communications, or an infrared laser for aiming weapons at a target. In theory, the drone can be equipped with its own weapons. “It would be possible,” he says. "But nobody has done it yet."
About Us
Anduril Industries, Inc. was founded in 2017 by Palmer Luckey. The company includes experts from Oculus, Palantir, General Atomics, SpaceX, Tesla and Google. Its core business is the radical development of defense capabilities through disruptive consumer and commercial technologies. A Palantir company, it sells analytical software to the intelligence industry.
Source: Anduril.
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