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American high-performance, multi-mission autonomous fighter jet ‘Fury’ will make its first appearance outside of the USA at the Avalon Australian International Airshow 2025.
Fury, manufactured by US defence company Anduril, is designed to act as a force multiplier for crewed fighter aircraft.
The aircraft reportedly combines collaborative autonomy, hyper-scale producibility, modularity, and affordability to expand the ability of US and allied forces to project combat airpower.
“Anduril Australia is honoured to display Fury at the Avalon International Airshow,” according to Anduril Australia chief executive and executive chairman David Goodrich OAM.
“It’s the first time it has been shown outside the USA. Autonomous air systems will be crucial for achieving air superiority in future conflicts.
“Our adversaries are making major investments in this area and we need to move faster to develop autonomous systems for the defence of Australia and our allies.
“They provide a comprehensive view of battlefield dynamics and keep our warfighters out of unnecessary danger.
“As with all our products, Fury has been designed for simplicity and large-scale production. At Anduril, we are focused on driving out unnecessary complexity, eliminating unnecessary materials, parts, tooling and specialised processes, and leveraging commercial components wherever possible. Hardware and material choices are optimised around cost, speed, simplicity and supply chain.”
In the US, a missionised variant of Fury called YFQ-44A was down selected by the United States Air Force for Increment 1 of the Collaborative Combat Aircraft program last year.
The CCA program is an effort to develop, produce, and field uncrewed fighter aircraft that will act as force multipliers for current and next-generation crewed aircraft, increasing and expanding their survivability, effectiveness, and mission capabilities.
In partnership with the USAF, Anduril’s YFQ-44A is pioneering a new generation of semi-autonomous fighter aircraft that will fundamentally transform air dominance by delivering highly capable, mass-producible, more affordable, more flexible, and more autonomous aircraft by the end of the decade.
“If Fury fills a need for the ADF, we will be ready to support the need, subject to export approvals,” according to Mr Goodrich.
Anduril designed, built, and tested its own landing gear removing key risks to schedule and supply chain. Similarly, Fury is powered by a commercial business jet engine with millions of flight hours, a robust supply chain, global logistics support, and established tooling and services requirements.
The resulting aircraft is designed for mass production by the broadest possible workforce, while limiting the bespoke logistics and support infrastructure required to maintain readiness.
“Fielding robots is a unique challenge, but one that is critical that we get right. Mission autonomy software is what makes that possible,” according to Diem Salmon, Vice President for Air Dominance and Strike at Anduril
“Anduril’s Lattice for Mission Autonomy software platform establishes a common software baseline that makes it possible for a single human operator to interact and fight with scalable teams of diverse robotic assets, including autonomous air vehicles, maritime vessels, launched effects, and more, dramatically extending their reach, capabilities, and situational awareness.”
From programs like the Defense Innovation Unit’s Autonomous Collaborative Teaming to exercises like Integrated Battle Problem 24.1 and EDGE23, Anduril has been continuously refining and scaling Lattice and Lattice for Mission Autonomy across real-world deployments, exercises, and test events since the company’s founding in 2017.
Lattice for Mission Autonomy is a mature capability and to date, Anduril has executed hundreds of live flight tests to rapidly and responsibly scale Lattice for Mission Autonomy for operational fielding of AAVs, including Fury and other aircraft. By integrating Fury with Lattice for Mission Autonomy, Anduril delivers the holistic set of functions and behaviours required to field teams of autonomous fighter aircraft, transforming air dominance for the high-end fight.
