Anduril pitches autonomous "loyal wingman" aircraft to pair with Poland's incoming F-35s
Fury and Thunder would make Poland Anduril's first European operator of these autonomous platforms, building on an existing cruise-missile partnership with Polish state defense firm PGZ.
At Poland's MSPO defense trade show on September 9, 2026, Anduril pitched two autonomous platforms. Fury is a collaborative combat aircraft designed to pair with Poland's 32 incoming F-35s as a "loyal wingman." Thunder is an autonomous attack rotorcraft, unveiled in July, intended to operate alongside the 96 Boeing AH-64E Apaches Poland begins receiving in 2028. The pitch builds on Anduril's existing Barracuda-500M cruise-missile partnership with Polish state defense firm PGZ, and would make Poland the company's first European operator of either platform.
Autonomous systems move to NATO allies
Anduril's line: "Fury is tailor-made to partner with an F-35 as a loyal wingman and force multiplier." The pattern matters more than the specifics. A US autonomous-systems vendor is expanding an existing relationship with a NATO ally's state defense industry, beyond sales to the US military alone.
Defense procurement sits outside most enterprise AI budgets. The move from one country to allied-nation deployment is still the kind of customer-base expansion worth tracking in any AI vendor.