Barracuda

Barracuda is a cruise missile programme under development by Anduril Industries, scheduled to enter production at the Arsenal-1 facility in Pickaway County, Ohio by the end of 2026. It follows the Roadrunner interceptor drone on the Arsenal-1 production line, forming part of Anduril's strategy to vertically integrate across the attack and intercept spectrum from a single manufacturing campus.

Details on Barracuda's specifications, intended customer, and contract value remain limited in public reporting. The name and schedule were disclosed in a Breaking Defense report on Arsenal-1's production philosophy in March 2026. Its presence on the same production line as Fury (Collaborative Combat Aircraft), Roadrunner (interceptor), and a classified platform signals Anduril's intent to become a full-spectrum weapons manufacturer rather than a software and autonomy company.

Arsenal-1's production philosophy — aluminium airframes, commercial off-the-shelf components, minimal early-stage automation — is designed to achieve lower unit costs than traditional defence programmes. Whether this approach translates to a cruise missile programme with different material and tolerance requirements than a drone will be a test of Anduril's manufacturing thesis.