Anduril Pulsar: Electromagnetic Warfare System Specifications

How Pulsar Detects and Defeats a Signal

Anduril Pulsar detects and denies electromagnetic emitters by packaging three hardware and software components into a single chassis: on-board graphics processing unit (GPU) compute, machine-learning algorithms, and software-defined radios (SDR). According to Anduril, this capability rapidly deploys new detection and defeat capabilities at the edge.

Anduril classes Pulsar under Electromagnetic Warfare (EW). In Anduril's published description, "Pulsar is a family of software-defined Electromagnetic Warfare (EW) systems that leverages AI at the edge to rapidly adapt to emerging threats in hours to days, not months to years."

Anduril publishes no detail of which machine-learning models run on board, what GPU is used, or how the hours-to-days update reaches a fielded unit. That absence is where the published mechanism stops.

Technical Specifications Across the Four Form Factors

Anduril publishes Pulsar in four form factors. The specifications below originate directly from Anduril's published technical documentation on the official Anduril Pulsar product page.

The published specifications define operational roles, physical footprints, total weights, and environmental durability ratings across each variant.

The Four Form Factors from Fixed Site to Airborne Payload

The baseline fixed-site Pulsar represents the heaviest installation in the family, weighing 184 lbs. Anduril assigns this variant an operational role of 360° or directional detect and denial. It carries both an IP65 rating alongside MIL-STD-810H environmental qualification, measuring 11 inches long, 11 inches wide, and 18.7 inches high.

Pulsar-V is engineered specifically for vehicles and maritime vessels, utilizing a standard North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) mounting interface. Pulsar-V shares the exact physical exterior dimensions of the fixed-site variant at 11 inches long, 11 inches wide, and 18.7 inches high, but it weighs 68.5 lbs. Additionally, Anduril publishes only the IP65 environmental rating for Pulsar-V, omitting the MIL-STD-810H designation that the fixed-site documentation explicitly contains.

For expeditionary ground operations, Pulsar-L offers a man-portable enclosure that can also serve as bolt-on aircraft survivability equipment. Anduril documents the weight of Pulsar-L as a bound of less than 25 lbs rather than an exact number, with exterior dimensions of 16 inches long, 14 inches wide, and 8.5 inches high, backed by a MIL-STD-810H environmental qualification rating.

The smallest configuration in the inventory is Pulsar-A, built as an airborne payload for autonomous air vehicles. Pulsar-A weighs 4.1 lbs and measures 7.5 inches long, 4.3 inches wide, and 2.4 inches high, qualifying under MIL-STD-810H environmental standards.

Anduril titles one of Pulsar's build qualities "Modular Form Factor" and states that the form factor "can be adapted to fixed site, man-portable, vehicle, payload, and airborne configurations to support missions across platforms and domains."

Networked Electronic Warfare for Distributed Operations

Beyond operating as isolated sensors, multiple Pulsar systems can interconnect across distributed tactical networks. In its published documentation, Anduril states that "Pulsar can network multiple EW systems across distributed operations to deliver coordinated effects, optimize coverage for the environment, and geolocate signals of interest."

Command and control integration ties directly into Anduril Lattice, Anduril's software platform. Lattice tasks, connects, and controls Pulsar alongside other Anduril systems. Anduril places Pulsar in both its Land domain (under Counter Intrusion and Air Defense) and its Air domain (under Air Defense).

Mission Sets Beyond Counter-Drone Jammers

Anduril lists "Counter Unmanned Systems (CUxS)" among Pulsar's counter-UAS mission capabilities, but Pulsar is an electronic warfare family rather than a single-purpose counter-drone jammer. Anduril prints the marketing phrase "Pulsar First Line of Defense" on the product page.

Anduril lists Electronic Countermeasures (ECM), Counter Unmanned Systems (CUxS), Direction Finding and Geolocation among a wider range of mission capabilities.

While dedicated drone jammers focus narrowly on counter-unmanned operations, Pulsar supports a broader multi-mission electronic warfare role.

Who Is Allowed to Buy Anduril Pulsar

Anduril prints a three-part regulatory notice on the Pulsar product page covering who may buy and operate it: "(1) Pulsar is not approved by the FCC for sale or operation in the United States; (2) Pulsar may only be purchased by the U.S. federal government to support operations authorized under U.S. law; (3) Pulsar may be eligible for purchase by foreign national governments, subject to applicable domestic spectrum regulations and U.S. export law."

The third clause addresses international transactions, noting that foreign national governments may be eligible to purchase Pulsar, subject to applicable domestic spectrum regulations and U.S. export law.

Specifications and Data Not Published by Anduril

While Anduril details the physical dimensions, weights, and broad architectural capabilities of Pulsar, Anduril withholds several operational metrics. Anduril publishes no unit price, no pricing structure, and no estimated hardware cost range for any of the four form factors.

Anduril also omits all technical spectrum performance figures from its public literature. Anduril publishes no frequency coverage ranges, no supported frequency bands, no power output levels, and no effective denial radius or passive detection distance for any variant.

Anduril provides no technical details identifying the specific model or compute capacity of the internal graphics processor, which machine-learning models execute locally, or how updated threat software is securely transferred to fielded units in contested environments. Anduril publishes no customer names, signed contract values, delivery figures, production rates, operational in-service dates, trial results, or measured defeat percentages against specific hostile systems.

Readers seeking updates on these operational metrics must verify them through future revisions on the official Anduril Pulsar product page.

What Would Change This Assessment

This profile reflects the public technical record and manufacturer disclosures available as of October 2026. Several specific developments would alter the technical and commercial analysis of the Pulsar family.

• The release of documented frequency coverage ranges, transmitter power ratings, or verified detection distances in official procurement solicitations.
• Public disclosure of a United States Department of Defense contract award or foreign military sales notice specifying order quantities and delivered unit costs.
• Independent live-fire test documentation evaluating the system's passive direction-finding accuracy and electronic countermeasure effectiveness against specific threat systems.
• Published technical confirmation detailing the specific on-board graphics processor architecture and software distribution protocols used to update threat libraries on deployed units.