Anduril to Supply $1.98 Billion Worth Counter-UAS Platforms to Kuwait

The U.S. Department of State has approved a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government of Kuwait for purchase of Counter-Unmanned Aerial Systems Platforms and related equipment worth $1.98 billion.

The principal contractor will be Anduril, located in Costa Mesa, California.

The Government of Kuwait has requested to buy counter-unmanned aerial systems platforms. The following defense equipment items will be included:  counter-unmanned aerial systems platforms Roadrunner-Munition and Anvil-Kinetic; launch boxes; lattice command and control; Long Range Sentry Tower with Fire Control; Long Range Sentry Tower-82 Mobile.

Extended Range Sentry Towers; Maritime Sentry Towers; pulsar electromagnetic warfare; menace tactical operations centers; generators; publications; personnel training; software development.

The proposed sale will improve Kuwait’s capability to meet current and future threats by providing electronic and kinetic defeat capabilities against unmanned aerial systems.

The proposed sale of this equipment and support will not alter the basic military balance in the region, a State Dept. Release said.

US. bases and installations in Kuwait have come under Iranian drone attack several times during Iran’s war with the U.S. and Israel which perhaps necessitated the need for the new C-UAS systems.

Recent hit on Kuwait airport terminal is attributed by the U.S. Central command to an Iranian drone strike. However, Iran says its drones were aimed at an U.S. base some 40 kms away and that Patriot interceptors missed their target and landed on the terminal.