Anduril

By Steve Trimble
Indecision clouds the outlook for the Navy’s budget and the Air Force’s requirements for new crewed and autonomous tactical fighters.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Garrett Reim
Anduril Industries and OpenAI have formed a “strategic partnership” to develop artificial intelligence systems for national security missions.
Emerging Technologies

By Brian Everstine
Anduril announced on Nov. 22 it conducted a static test-firing of a new 18-in. hypersonic booster.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Brian Everstine
Anduril has received a contract worth up to $200 million to upgrade the U.S. Marine Corps primary expeditionary counter-drone system.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Matthew Fulco
Drone manufacturer AeroVironment will purchase defense tech company BlueHalo in an all-stock deal valued at $4.1 billion.
Supply Chain

By Steve Trimble
The additional orders come after the Air Force selected Anduril and General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. (GA-ASI) for CCA Increment 1 prototypes in April.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
The new systems under Replicator 1.2 will be delivered by August 2025.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Garrett Reim
Commercial electronics producers, including those in East Asia, could be vital to the U.S. war effort.
Supply Chain

By Garrett Reim
Impulse Space will provide its Mira spacecraft to Anduril, which will integrate its own payloads as well as third-party payloads, the companies said Oct. 11.
Commercial Space

By Steve Trimble
The nearly $250 million order follows a deployment of the Roadrunner-M last January for an operational evaluation.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Matthew Fulco
OTVs adjust satellite positions in space after they are launched by a rocket.
Satellites

By Vivienne Machi
The defense tech startup first announced it was expanding its hardware and software capabilities to support the space domain in a Sept. 13 release.
Satellites

By Graham Warwick
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
The deep-pocketed Silicon Valley startup is chasing air dominance programs with a new design philosophy.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Steve Trimble
Anduril has revealed plan to challenge defense prime contractors with a long-range munition portfolio.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Matthew Fulco
With four months to go in 2024, this year’s defense tech funding is likely to surpass the record of $2.6 billion set in 2022 as well as 2023’s $2.1 billion.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Brian Everstine
The Air Force has awarded contracts to five companies to develop the autonomy software to be used to fly its first increment of Collaborative Combat Aircraft,
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
Gen. David Allvin says software advancements make it possible to have the independent systems work together in a way that does not affect security.
GASCC & RIAT

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Air Force expects to field more than 100 Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) under the first phase of the program.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
A company-led test at Dugway Proving Grounds, Utah in September demonstrated the armed, propeller-driven Altius-700M striking a tracked armored vehicle.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Brian Everstine
Defense startup Anduril Industries is pitching to get more into the base defense business by unveiling a unique new system.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
Anduril Industries has acquired North Carolina-based Blue Force Technologies (BFT) and the small firm’s large uncrewed aircraft system development program.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Garrett Reim
Amid a shortage of rocket motors for munitions, Anduril Industries has acquired Adranos, a manufacturer of solid rocket motors.
Commercial Space

By Tony Osborne
Leonardo UK has been exploring the potential capabilities of air launched effects that could bolster the company’s helicopter products.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Garrett Reim
Anduril Industries has introduced loitering munition variants of its Altius 600 and 700 drones.
AUSA