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Anduril Cruise Missiles Could Launch From Embraer’s C-390

Pallet-launched Barracuda 500M exits the rear ramp

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By Charlotte Bailey • News Reporter

July 22, 2026

Embraer and Anduril have signed a memorandum of understanding to pursue integration of the pallet-launched Barracuda 500M stand-off cruise missile into the C-390 Millennium, the companies announced Tuesday at the Farnborough International Airshow. The agreement between the Brazilian airframer and the U.S. defense technology company aims to give the tactical transport a stand-off strike role.

Loaded on standard pallets, the munitions would leave the airplane through the open rear ramp using roll-on/roll-off mission systems and conventional aerial-delivery procedures, then separate from the pallet and fly autonomously to their targets. Anduril said the palletized variant “enables airlift aircraft to launch dozens of munitions simultaneously.”

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