US approves $1.98B sale of Anduril counter-drone systems to Kuwait, including Anvil interceptors

Anduril Industries/Anvil

The US State Department approved a possible sale to Kuwait of Anduril counter-drone equipment estimated at $1.98 billion. The package includes Anvil kinetic interceptor drones with launch boxes alongside Roadrunner-M interceptors and Anduril's sensors and software, making it one of the largest export packages for the system.

• Estimated value $1.98 billion; quantities of Anvil were not published.
• Also includes Roadrunner-M, Pulsar electronic warfare, Sentry towers, Lattice and a Menace operations centre.
• Approval is a first step; a contract follows separately.