The US military announced the signing late on Friday 10 year contract with the onset of defense technology On the sensor. The value of the contract can be up to 20 billion dollars.
according to announcementthe agreement begins with a five-year “base term” and includes Anduril hardware, software, infrastructure and services, with an option to extend the deal for an additional five years.
The Army describes the deal as a single enterprise agreement that combines “more than 120 separate acquisitions for Anduril’s commercial solutions.”
“The modern battlefield is increasingly defined by software,” said Gabe Chiulli, chief technology officer for the Defense Department’s Office of the Chief Information Officer. “To maintain our advantage, we must be able to acquire and implement software capabilities with speed and efficiency”
Anduril was founded by Palmer Luckey, who was previously known for selling VR startup Oculus to Facebook (now Meta). Facebook fired Luckey Controversy arose after it was reported that he had donated to a pro-Trump political group.
Luckey has repeatedly insisted that the media has misrepresented his political views, but a A recent article in The New York TimesLuckey and Anduril were hired by the second Trump administration thanks to their vision to rebuild the US military with autonomous warplanes, drones, submarines and more. The NYT reports that the company (named Palantir for the magical object in the Lord of the Rings movie) generated nearly $2 billion in revenue last year.
Separate reports show that Anduril is negotiating to raise a new round of funding It is worth 60 billion dollars.
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The announcement also comes as the Department of Defense is embroiled in a dispute with Anthropic. AI company sues DoD OpenAI was faced with being identified as a supply chain threat after failed contract negotiations consumer response and at least one executive departure After signing the Pentagon’s own contract.
