- Anderl from Palmer Lucey Andrill has registered a $ 642 million deal for anti -technology technology in Marine Corps.
- The 10 -year contract aims to help fight smaller drones such as this explosive in Ukraine.
- And the Ministry of Defense said that Andoril was chosen from among 10 offers.
Defense Startup Anduril made a contract worth $ 642 million on Friday to help the US Marine Corps fight smaller drones in its bases.
The new Anduril deal is for the uninhabited small aircraft systems program in Corps Corps, which is mainly a network of anti -baron defenses for rules and facilities.
This announcement comes after Andrill recorded a separate agreement of $ 200 million in November to bring the anti -maritime air defense system. This portable air defense system can be installed on vehicles like HUMVEES.
As with Madis, Anduril’s offer for this new contract is the fight against smaller drones, which the US Army classifies as Group 1 and Group 2.
These drones are usually not heavier than 55 pounds and fly at a maximum altitude of about 3500 feet, such as explosive commercial aircraft used in the war in Ukraine.
When the Legion opened his contract for the first time in April 2024, She warned of the “security power gap” to deal with these smaller drones in its bases.
“The Suas threat represents unique challenges to military facilities when compared to those in the operational forces.”
The Ministry of Defense said on Friday that 10 companies submitted proposals for this contract.
With Andrill’s registration in the deal, the administration said that 80 % of the work until 2035 will be in Costa Missa, California, Andrill headquarters. The rest is expected to be implemented in Washington, DC, and other naval facilities.
Anduril offers long -range drones called ghosts to the American army.
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The advertisement did not specify the type of product or the number of systems that Anduril will be provided.
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One of the main offers of Anduril to fight smaller drones, anvil, features a viacobbre that flies from a mobile storage box to track enemy and disruption systems. It can also be provided with explosives to attack larger targets.
In addition, the company sells the electronic warfares called Pulsar, which it already provides to the Pentagon as part of a $ 250 million deal from October.
Anduril, founded in 2017 by the creator of Oculus Palmer Lucky, has become a rising star in the defense industry because it focuses on ready -made designs that can be widely produced. In this sense, hope to reuse the same design to provide bids for multiple decades instead of creating each one specifically for one deal.
The company also works with Chatgpt-Maker Openai and runs its products on the AI program called Lattice to wipe the battlefield and determine threats.
One of its biggest degrees so far is a $ 22 billion with the US military to provide soldiers with mixed realistic glasses. The contract was originally granted to Microsoft but later waived to Anduril.
The company hopes to expand quickly. In August, Anduril raised $ 1.5 billion to build a factory of 5 million square feet in Ohio, which he said would lead to “hyperactivity”.
