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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.

The new systems under Replicator 1.2 will be delivered by August 2025.

Commercial electronics producers, including those in East Asia, could be vital to the U.S. war effort.

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.

The nearly $250 million order follows a deployment of the Roadrunner-M last January for an operational evaluation.

OTVs adjust satellite positions in space after they are launched by a rocket.

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

Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.

The deep-pocketed Silicon Valley startup is chasing air dominance programs with a new design philosophy.

Anduril has revealed plan to challenge defense prime contractors with a long-range munition portfolio.

The company has a billion-dollar industrialization plan to “hyperscale” manufacturing of its diverse defense product portfolio.

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.

Anduril’s plan centers around Arsenal-1, a massive manufacturing facility designed to produce tens of thousands of autonomous military systems annually.

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,

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

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

A company-led test at Dugway Proving Grounds, Utah in September demonstrated the armed, propeller-driven Altius-700M striking a tracked armored vehicle.

Defense startup Anduril Industries is pitching to get more into the base defense business by unveiling a unique new system.

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

Amid a shortage of rocket motors for munitions, Anduril Industries has acquired Adranos, a manufacturer of solid rocket motors.

Leonardo UK has been exploring the potential capabilities of air launched effects that could bolster the company’s helicopter products.

Anduril Industries has introduced loitering munition variants of its Altius 600 and 700 drones.