Hermeus Partners with Anduril to Integrate Mission Autonomy Software into Quarterhorse Program
The partnership calls for Anduril’s Lattice for Mission Autonomy to serve as the core software engine for mission planning and execution for the Quarterhorse Mk 2 platform.
(El Segundo, California & Costa Mesa, California) Hermeus and Anduril announced today (Sept. 3) a partnership whereby Anduril’s flight-proven mission autonomy software will be integrated directly into Hermeus’ Quarterhorse program.
Image courtesy of today’s (Sept. 3) press release from Hermeus.
Per a LinkedIn post from Hermeus CEO Zach Shore, the partnership marks the first-ever commercial deal to integrate Anduril’s mission autonomy system with a third-party Group 5 aircraft.
As a function of the partnership, Anduril’s Lattice for Mission Autonomy will serve as the core software engine for mission planning and execution for the Quarterhorse Mk 2 platform.
“By pairing our high-speed, uncrewed aircraft with an end-to-end mission brain, we are building a capability designed to run complex, collaborative operations alongside human warfighters from day one,” reads today’s blog post from Hermeus.
Per Hermeus, the partnership brings together two critical capabilities:
1 – Integrating Anduril’s Lattice enables Hermeus to test how mission autonomy expands what its Quarterhorse aircraft can do, from reacting to changing conditions in flight to coordinating with other assets.
2 – For Anduril, Hermeus’ Mk 2 planes represent the first third-party large-scale aircraft integration of its autonomy software outside of Fury, validating Lattice on an independent airframe and in a high-Mach environment.
Per Hermeus, the integration also puts into practice what the Department of War, and the Air Force in particular, has urged the aerospace and defense industry to embrace: modular, interoperable systems where hardware and software can develop independently.
The first flight of Quarterhorse featuring an integrated Andruil Lattice system is planned for 2027.
