# Anduril kit with Anvil interceptor downs hostile drone in NORTHCOM's Falcon Peak exercise

Canonical page: https://technooptimist.io/stories/anduril-kit-with-anvil-interceptor-downs-hostile-drone-in-northcom-s-80d90197
Date: 20 Oct 2025
About: [Anduril Industries](https://technooptimist.io/companies/anduril.md) · [Anvil](https://technooptimist.io/aviation/anvil.md)
Original source: https://thedefensepost.com/2025/10/20/anduril-demos-cuas-falcon-peak/amp/

In the September 2025 Falcon Peak 25.2 exercise at Eglin Air Force Base, run by US Northern Command and NORAD, Anduril's counter-drone kit detected and tracked a hostile small drone and Anvil destroyed it. Anduril said the result showed the system meets NORTHCOM's operational requirements, a step toward defending US home bases.

## Key facts

- Kit: mobile Sentry for tracking, Wisp infrared sensors, Pulsar radio detection and jamming, Anvil interceptor.
- All run by Anduril's Lattice software.
- Aimed at protecting installations inside the US.

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