Anduril, General Dynamics Land Systems partner to integrate Spark radar into ground platforms

Sterling Heights / Los Angeles — Anduril Industries and General Dynamics Land Systems (GDLS) announced a partnership to integrate Anduril’s Spark radar and Lattice battle-management software into GDLS platforms, beginning with armored vehicles and with plans to expand to command posts, missile launchers and fires elements. The move aims to provide formation-level, layered protection against emerging battlefield threats such as loitering munitions, one-way attack drones and precision missiles.

According to the companies, Spark is designed to detect both air and ground threats with high range, speed and fidelity, while Lattice enables real-time sharing of threat data across vehicles and command nodes so that entire formations — not only individual platforms — can detect, track and respond. GDLS will incorporate Spark into vehicle designs from the factory rather than as an after-market add-on, a step the partners say will improve integration, performance and scalability across fleets.

Industry coverage notes that the partnership comes as militaries worldwide face growing threats from small, rapidly maneuvering systems and precision fires that can overwhelm traditional single-platform defenses. Anduril’s acquisition last year of Numerica’s radar and C2 business, which included Spark and related products, is part of its effort to scale production and integrate radar capabilities into a wider family of sensing systems. Observers say pairing that sensor suite with a major vehicle OEM could accelerate fielding on combat vehicles and associated networks.

For General Dynamics Land Systems, a long-established producer of tracked and wheeled combat vehicles, the agreement adds a software-driven sensing and battle-management partner to a growing list of technology collaborators the company has announced this year. GDLS leadership has emphasized that software and systems-level integration are key to next-generation vehicle survivability and mission effectiveness. 

The companies framed the partnership as a step toward distributed, formation-level protection: tighter hardware-software integration at design time, combined with Lattice-enabled data sharing, is intended to shorten detection-to-action timelines and give maneuvering forces greater situational awareness. Implementation details — including timelines for field trials, which specific GDLS vehicles will be fitted first, and export or allied-sales plans — were not disclosed in the joint announcement.