Event Brief
Air Force certifies Anduril Barracuda cruise missile for open updates
By The BriefBrief · Sources (2)
Filed: Sep 25, 2026 at 7:00 PM ET
Summary: The U.S. Air Force certified Anduril’s Barracuda cruise missile as the service’s first large-scale production munition compliant with open systems architecture. The certification enables open software updates, including swapping payloads and integrating different datalinks and communications modalities. Anduril plans to deliver the first missiles to the Pentagon in early 2027.
WHO: Anduril
WHAT: Air Force certification of Anduril’s Barracuda cruise missile for open systems architecture updates
WHEN: Sep 25, 2026
WHERE: USA
WHY: The missile received certification as the Air Force’s first large-scale production munition compliant with open systems architecture.
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