Anduril unveils EagleEye: AI-enabled helmet system integrating command, control, and protection

By Defence Industry Europe

Anduril Industries has revealed EagleEye, a modular AI-powered family of systems developed independently to unify mission command, digital perception, and survivability into a single architecture. Designed for dismounted operators, EagleEye integrates software and hardware into helmet-native formats, enhancing decision-making, protection, and battlefield awareness.

Anduril Industries has revealed EagleEye, a modular AI-powered family of systems developed independently to unify mission command, digital perception, and survivability into a single architecture. Designed for dismounted operators, EagleEye integrates software and hardware into helmet-native formats, enhancing decision-making, protection, and battlefield awareness.

 

EagleEye builds on Anduril’s work with the U.S. Army’s Soldier Borne Mission Command (SBMC) and SBMC–Architecture (SBMC-A) programmes, both of which deliver situational awareness and mission tools through a mixed-reality platform. The new system consolidates these capabilities into a lightweight form that reduces cognitive and physical load while expanding battlefield effectiveness.

“We don’t want to give service members a new tool—we’re giving them a new teammate,” said Palmer Luckey, Anduril’s founder. “The idea of an AI partner embedded in your display has been imagined for decades. EagleEye is the first time it’s real.”

 

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The system features a high-resolution, collaborative 3D sand table for mission planning, allowing teams to rehearse, coordinate, and integrate real-time video into terrain models. With digital overlays on both transparent daytime and digital night-vision HUDs, the system offers context-rich insights during operations.

EagleEye’s blue force tracking enables operators to locate teammates precisely within buildings and terrain using real-time fused feeds from Anduril’s Lattice sensor network. This enhances threat detection, even without direct line of sight, and improves overall situational understanding.

To support survivability, EagleEye incorporates beyond-full-cut ballistic protection, blast mitigation, and an ultralight shell suitable for extended use. Integrated rear and flank-view sensors, spatial audio, and RF detection provide additional layers of environmental awareness and alerting.

With edge connectivity, the system combines soldier networking tools into a wearable platform that enables control of unmanned aerial systems, robotic assets, and fires support while on the move. The Lattice mesh network maintains robust command capabilities in contested or degraded environments.

 

 

EagleEye offers helmet, visor, and glasses configurations with modular add-ons and a software-first architecture that aligns with the operator’s centre of gravity. It also reduces reliance on traditional bulky NVGs, optimising both balance and field performance.

Developed in collaboration with industry leaders including Meta, OSI, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., and Gentex Corporation, the system integrates commercially proven technologies into defence applications. This model allows for cost reduction, faster innovation, and continuous updates aligned with operational needs.

By embedding AI into the warfighter’s gear, EagleEye turns each soldier into a connected battlefield node capable of planning, fighting, and surviving with persistent access to every asset within the operational environment.

 

 

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