Common Questions

What is the Lattice platform and what does it do?

Lattice is Anduril's AI software that fuses sensor data from radars, cameras, and signals intelligence to track and engage drone threats from a single operator interface.Source: Background

How much is the Army's Lattice counter-drone contract worth?

The enterprise contract vehicle is worth up to $20 billion over 10 years; the first task order was $87 million for JIATF-401.Source: Background

What is the Ghost-X drone and how does it connect to Lattice?

Ghost-X is a VTOL reconnaissance aircraft. The Army awarded Anduril a $16.8 million sole-source contract in April 2026 to supply Ghost-X units integrated with the Lattice platform.Source: Background

Background

Lattice is Anduril Industries' AI-powered software platform that fuses sensor data, tracks airborne threats, and coordinates kinetic and non-kinetic counter-drone responses in real time. Originally developed for border surveillance, it has been adapted for multi-domain military operations and is now extending to ISR as well as strike.

In March 2026, the US Army designated Lattice the DoD-wide command-and-control platform for Counter-UAS operations, beginning with an $87 million task order placing it with JIATF-401. That order was the opening purchase on a $20 billion, 10-year enterprise contract vehicle administered by Army Contracting Command, consolidating more than 120 separate procurement actions. In April 2026 the Army awarded a follow-on $16.8 million sole-source contract for Ghost-X VTOL reconnaissance aircraft, with Lattice as the integration layer. Arsenal-1, Anduril's automated manufacturing facility, is now slated to produce four Lattice-integrated weapons platforms including the YFQ-44A Fury and Roadrunner by end-2026.

On 7 May 2026, the Netherlands awarded Anduril Industries a counter-drone contract using the Lattice platform, with initial operational capability expected within one month of signing — making it the first sovereign European Anduril deployment. The Netherlands simultaneously announced it was recruiting 1,200 operators to embed drone and counter-drone units in every army combat formation. The Dutch contract is the precedent-setter: the one-month IOC timeline is a direct rebuttal to the procurement timelines of European legacy integrators, and its success or failure will determine whether other European militaries follow. The vehicle consolidates procurement into a single mechanism, making Lattice the de facto US Counter-UAS standard through at least 2031, extendable to 2036.