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Private; seeking $8 billion in new funding
Anduril Industries is seeking $8 billion in new funding at a valuation exceeding $60 billion—nearly double its $30.5 billion valuation from eight months ago. The defense technology firm, founded by Oculus creator Palmer Luckey in 2017, has become the fastest-growing challenger to legacy contractors like Lockheed Martin and Boeing, winning Pentagon contracts for autonomous fighter jets and drone defense systems.
Updated Feb 15
Major drone contractor; Gauntlet competitor
The Pentagon spent $398 million on small drones in 2022. Four years later, as Ukraine demonstrated that $400 drones could destroy $10 million tanks, Congress authorized $1.7 billion—a fourfold increase. Now the Department of Defense has launched its most ambitious small-drone initiative ever: a $1.1 billion program to field more than 300,000 one-way attack drones by 2028, with the first 30,000 expected by mid-2026.
Updated Feb 4
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