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United States Anduril Industries
Menace-I
The largest member of Anduril's Menace family of expeditionary command, control, communications and compute (C4) systems: a turnkey, transportable edge-infrastructure shelter that packs high-density compute, secure networking and SATCOM into a rapidly deployable footprint and can be running in about ten minutes.
Compiled from public sources ·primary reference ↗ ·last verified 2026-07-16
Procurement snapshot
Availability & export
US ITAR-controlled
Export needs U.S. State Dept (DDTC) approval; end-use & re-transfer restrictions apply.
Channel: Foreign Military Sales (FMS) or Direct Commercial Sale
Fielded & proven
Operator data not public
Status: active.
Lifecycle cost (est.)
No public unit price to model from. Why so few systems publish one →
Interoperability
No standardised NATO calibre / datalink detected in public specs.
Derived guidance from public data, export regime by country of origin, lifecycle from the GAO ~30% acquisition rule. Verify eligibility, pricing and offsets with the manufacturer and your acquisition authority.
Overview
Menace-I is Anduril's high-capacity expeditionary C4 (and, in the company's framing, C5ISR) node, providing deployable classified compute and communications infrastructure for a command post at the tactical edge. It runs Anduril's Lattice software to fuse sensor feeds, aggregate data and support mission-planning and targeting workflows, and Anduril states it delivers petabyte-scale processing in a fully integrated shelter that is accredited for use as both a Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility (SCIF) and a Special Access Program Facility (SAPF). Because it is packaged as a self-contained, transportable kit rather than a fixed installation, Menace-I is meant to reduce the transportation and logistics burden of standing up a secure operations center. The Menace line has been adopted across U.S. services, has been named the preferred hardware platform for Palantir's edge software, and underpins Anduril's role in the U.S. Army's Next-Generation Command and Control (NGC2) effort. Numeric performance fields are intentionally left empty: as a compute-and-comms kit, Menace has no meaningful speed, range or firepower profile, and any such number would be misleading rather than comparable.
Full specifications
Software & C2
Command, control, mission and combat-system software capability.
- Software type
What the software does: combat management, battle management, mission planning, fire control, EW management, cyber defense or ISR fusion.
- Expeditionary C4 / C5ISR command post
- Operating domains
Warfare domains the software covers: air, land, sea, subsurface, space, cyber. More domains means broader joint integration.
- Land, Air, Sea
- Open architecture
Standards-based, modular design (FACE, OMS/UCI, SOSA) versus a closed proprietary stack. Open architecture eases upgrades and third-party integration.
- Runs Anduril Lattice; named preferred hardware platform for Palantir edge software
Specifications compiled from public Anduril Industries and reference sources ↗. Published defense figures are approximations, treat comparisons as directional. Last verified 2026-07-16.
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What is the Anduril Industries Menace-I used for? +
The Anduril Industries Menace-I is a subsystems & sensors typically used for command control, c4isr, mission planning.
