Menace is Anduril's family of integrated, expeditionary Command, Control, Communications, and Computing (C4) systems, including the vehicle-mounted Menace-X, containerized Menace-I data center, and human-portable Menace-T, that fuse ground, air, and space sensor and effector data at the tactical edge.
Menace
Menace is Anduril's family of integrated, expeditionary Command, Control, Communications, and Computing (C4) systems, including the vehicle-mounted Menace-X, containerized Menace-I data center, and human-portable Menace-T, that fuse ground, air, and space sensor and effector data at the tactical edge.
Description
Menace is Anduril Industries' flagship C4 platform family, first launched in 2022 as an integrated, expeditionary, secure command-and-control system built to give warfighters the ability to rapidly plan and execute missions at geographically dispersed, austere, and contested locations. It runs Anduril's Lattice software on ruggedized, modular compute hardware and is built to operate in denied, disrupted, intermittent, and limited communications environments. The family has three named variants: Menace-X, a mobile, on-the-move C4 node mounted on tactical vehicles that connects directly with air, space, land, and maritime assets; Menace-I, a transportable, containerized edge data center delivering petabyte-scale compute for AI and C5ISR workloads; and Menace-T, a compact, human-portable variant for rapid tactical command and control. Menace systems set up in about 10 minutes with no specialized training, are transportable via MV-22, C-130, CH-47, or CH-53 aircraft, and are ruggedized for -40°C to 50°C operation. The platform is fielded/in use with U.S. and allied military units and targets defense customers needing resilient, mobile command infrastructure that spans the ground, air, and space domains.
Specifications
| System type | Command, Control, Communications, Compute (C4) platform family |
|---|---|
| Variants | Menace-X (mobile/vehicle-mounted), Menace-I (containerized data center), Menace-T (human-portable) |
| Transport (Menace-X) | Transportable via MV-22, C-130, CH-47, or CH-53 |
| Set-up time | Operational in 10 minutes |
| Operating temperature range | -40°C to 50°C |
| Connectivity | Connects with air, space, land, and maritime assets via Lattice Mesh |
| Menace-I capability | Petabyte-scale processing; integrated compute, comms, cooling, networking, security, and power |
| Menace-I partnership | Offered with AWS Outposts on the DoD Joint Warfighting Cloud Capability Marketplace |
| Software | Runs Anduril Lattice C2 software |