Anduril doubles down on Poland with autonomous aircraft pitch for F-35, Apache

KIELCE, Poland — U.S. defense-technology company Anduril Industries has teamed up with Poland’s state-run defense giant PGZ for local assembly and production of the surface-launched Barracuda-500M cruise missile. Pending ongoing negotiations with the Polish Ministry of National Defence, the producer is also pitching its Fury autonomous combat aircraft and the Thunder autonomous attack rotorcraft to Poland in an effort that could make the nation their first European user.

Brian Moran, the company’s vice president for Europe, told Defense News at the MSPO defense show here that, while advancing the Barracuda project in partnership with PGZ, the company is also offering two autonomous aircraft to accompany the country’s envisioned fleets of Lockheed Martin’s F-35 fighter jets and Boeing’s AH-64E Apache attack helicopters .

“One of the flagship programs for Anduril has been collaborative combat aircraft, CCA, where our Fury has been chosen by the United States Air Force as a program of record,” Moran said. “With Poland getting its F-35s, Fury is tailor-made to partner with an F-35 as a loyal wingman and as a force multiplier to keep men and women in uniform out of harm’s way.”

Anduril displayed a model of the Barracuda cruise missile, on which the company is partnered with PGZ, to the MSPO defense trade show in Kielce, Poland, on Sept. 9, 2026. (Jaroslaw Adamowski/staff)

In addition to 32 F-35 jets, the first of which arrived in Poland last May, Warsaw is also awaiting the delivery of 96 Apache helicopters. With the latter program in mind, Anduril is in talks with Polish officials over a potential sale of the Thunder drone, following its unveiling at July’s Farnborough Airshow.

“In July, we launched Thunder which is an autonomous collaborative platform for the Apache attack helicopter,” Moran said. “And just like Fury operating with an F-35, with Poland getting all these Apaches, having Thunder is a force multiplier, especially as Poland will have to train a lot of pilots for 96 Apaches.”

Deliveries of the 96 helicopters with related gear and weapons are scheduled to begin in 2028. Once the copters are supplied to the country, Poland’s military is expected to be the second-largest user of the Apaches in the world after the United States.

Last year, the Polish defense ministry signed a $300 million contract to lease eight AH-64D Apaches from the United States in anticipation of the planned deliveries.

Jaroslaw Adamowski is the Poland correspondent for Defense News.

波兰凯尔采——美国国防科技公司安杜里尔工业公司（Anduril Industries）已与波兰国有国防巨头PGZ公司合作，在波兰本地组装和生产“梭鱼-500M”型地对地巡航导弹。在与波兰国防部进行谈判期间，该公司还在向波兰推销其“狂怒”（Fury）自主战斗机和“雷霆”（Thunder）自主攻击旋翼机，​​力图使波兰成为其在欧洲的首个用户。

该公司负责欧洲业务的副总裁布莱恩·莫兰在MSPO防务展上告诉《防务新闻》，该公司在与PGZ合作推进梭鱼项目的同时，还提供两架自主飞机，以配合美国设想中的洛克希德·马丁F-35战斗机和波音AH-64E阿帕奇攻击直升机机队。

莫兰表示：“安杜里尔公司的旗舰项目之一是协同作战飞机（CCA），我们的‘狂怒’战斗机已被美国空军选为该项目的正式项目。随着波兰接收F-35战斗机，‘狂怒’战斗机与F-35战斗机完美配合，既能成为忠实的僚机，又能增强作战能力，从而保障军人的安全。”

2026年9月9日，安杜里尔公司在波兰凯尔采举行的MSPO防务展上展示了该公司与PGZ公司合作研发的梭鱼巡航导弹模型。（雅罗斯瓦夫·亚当莫夫斯基/工作人员）

除了去年五月首批抵达波兰的32架F-35战斗机外，华沙还在等待96架阿帕奇直升机的交付。考虑到后者项目，安杜里尔公司在七月范堡罗航展上亮相后，正与波兰官员就潜在的“雷电”无人机销售事宜进行谈判。

莫兰说：“今年7月，我们推出了‘雷霆’（Thunder）自主协同平台，用于阿帕奇攻击直升机。就像‘狂怒’（Fury）与F-35协同作战一样，波兰即将接收大量阿帕奇直升机，‘雷霆’平台将大大增强其作战能力，尤其是在波兰需要为96架阿帕奇直升机培训大量飞行员的情况下。”

96架直升机及相关装备和武器的交付计划于2028年开始。一旦这些直升机交付给波兰，波兰军队有望成为继美国之后全球第二大阿帕奇直升机用户。

去年，波兰国防部签署了一份价值 3 亿美元的合同，从美国租赁 8 架 AH-64D 阿帕奇武装直升机，以迎接计划中的交付。

Jaroslaw Adamowski 是《防务新闻》驻波兰记者。