Startup Spotlight · Anduril · October 15, 2026
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Anduril entered a defense market with plenty of AI infrastructure investment and autonomous-systems competition, but almost no capacity to produce software-defined weapons at Silicon Valley speed.
This Startup Spotlight examines whether Anduril can turn its Lattice platform and autonomous systems portfolio into a next-generation defense prime — or whether it becomes a high-growth startup that incumbents ultimately outlast on manufacturing scale and procurement relationships.
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Anduril was founded in 2017 and reached a $61 billion valuation within nine years. It has raised $5 billion in a single funding round, generated $2.2 billion in revenue in 2025, and is projected to reach $4.6 billion in 2026 — nearly 95% growth. It has won a U.S. Army command-and-control contract worth up to $1.8 billion over five years, a U.S. Navy submarine components contract worth up to $2.9 billion, and a $20 billion Army enterprise contract. Its Arsenal-1 factory in Ohio began producing autonomous combat drones in 2026, and its Arsenal-2 shipyard in Maryland represents a $6.6 billion investment. But the company remains unprofitable; its valuation is now approaching 77% of Lockheed Martin's after just nine years, and whether it can mass-produce at scale remains the central open question.
The strategic question is not whether Anduril can build autonomous systems or software. It can. The question is whether Anduril can convert its early lead in software-defined defense into a durable next-generation prime — or whether traditional defense contractors, with their manufacturing scale and congressional relationships, ultimately absorb the autonomy layer into their existing platforms.
1. Why Defense Is Shifting to Autonomous Systems
The character of warfare has undergone a structural transformation over the past four years, and the pace is accelerating. Three converging forces are driving demand for software-defined autonomous systems.
The Ukraine drone war demonstrated asymmetric advantage. Cheap, autonomous systems have proven they can deliver devastating effects against larger, more expensive platforms. GPS-jammed and communications-denied environments have become the norm, rendering traditional remote-controlled systems ineffective. The Pentagon has taken notice: the era of the $2 billion crewed warship may be giving way to the era of the $1 million attritable drone.
Traditional procurement cannot keep pace. The U.S. defense industrial base has consolidated for decades, leaving a handful of primes with limited capacity to innovate quickly. The Army's Next-Generation Command and Control (NGC2) program was explicitly designed to break this pattern — moving from proprietary, decade-long development cycles to a common software and data architecture that can incorporate new capabilities as they emerge.
Software-defined warfare requires a new kind of prime. The Pentagon is increasingly separating mission autonomy from aircraft hardware, allowing software to be upgraded independently of the platform. This creates an opening for companies that build the connective tissue — the operating system of the battlefield — rather than just the hardware.
Funding for defense technology rose more than tenfold between 2020 and 2025, and the pace continues to accelerate. The U.S. defense budget for autonomous systems is projected to grow substantially as the Pentagon prioritizes attritable mass over exquisite platforms.
The CODEW Lens: Defense procurement used to reward incumbency and scale. In the current threat environment, it rewards speed and software — because a command-and-control system that cuts artillery fire timelines by 90% is a fundamentally different tool than a platform that takes a decade to field.
2. What Anduril Does
Anduril's platform addresses a deceptively simple question that the Pentagon could not answer: Can we connect sensors, weapons, and operators across domains into a single, software-defined battle network — and build the autonomous systems that operate on it?
The company was founded in 2017 by Palmer Luckey, the billionaire co-founder of Oculus VR, and a team of software engineers who believed defense procurement was broken. Rather than selling hardware to the government and walking away, Anduril builds the software first and the hardware to run it — a reversal of the traditional prime contractor model. The company has grown from a drone startup to a multi-domain defense platform spanning air, land, sea, and the software layer that connects them.
Lattice. The core software platform — an AI-powered operating system that connects sensors, weapons, vehicles, and operators regardless of who built them or where they are deployed. Lattice for Mission Autonomy has been selected by the U.S. Air Force for the Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) program, enabling teams of unmanned systems to collaborate dynamically under the direction of a single human operator. It is fully A-GRA compliant, ensuring cross-compatibility with current and future autonomous aircraft.
Autonomous air systems. The YFQ-44A Fury, a collaborative combat aircraft developed for the Air Force's CCA program; the Ghost-X and Altius families of drones; and the Bolt-M loitering munition. Arsenal-1 in Ohio began producing autonomous combat drones in 2026.
Autonomous maritime systems. The Dive-XL and Dive-LD autonomous underwater vehicles, plus the acquisition of Blue Force Technologies. Arsenal-2 in Maryland will manufacture critical components for Virginia-class nuclear submarines, including torpedo tubes.
Counter-drone and air defense. The Sentry tower, Anvil interceptor, and Pulsar electronic warfare systems, which have been deployed to protect U.S. and allied forces.
The CODEW Lens: Anduril did not start as a hardware company. It started as a software company and built the hardware because no one else could deliver the autonomy at speed. That ordering matters — it is much harder to move from platform manufacturing backwards into software than the other way around.
3. The Technology Stack
Anduril's architecture is built around Lattice as the connective layer, with autonomous hardware platforms operating on top of it and a manufacturing model designed for speed.
| Layer | Component | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Software | Lattice | AI-powered command-and-control and mission autonomy platform connecting sensors, weapons, and operators. |
| Air | Fury / Ghost / Altius | Collaborative combat aircraft, surveillance drones, and loitering munitions. |
| Sea | Dive-XL / Arsenal-2 | Autonomous underwater vehicles and submarine component manufacturing. |
| Land | Sentry / Anvil / Pulsar | Counter-drone towers, interceptors, and electronic warfare systems. |
| Manufacturing | Arsenal-1 / Arsenal-2 | Software-defined factories for autonomous systems and submarine components. |
The piece that connects all of it is Lattice — an AI-powered operating system that enables teams of unmanned systems to collaborate dynamically across domains under the direction of a single human operator. In the Army's NGC2 program, Lattice reduced artillery fire timelines by 90% compared to legacy systems and accelerated complex airspace coordination and deconfliction. More than 2,500 end-user devices operated on the same data architecture at division scale.
The manufacturing model is equally important. Anduril's Arsenal-1 facility in Ohio was built at a cost of approximately $1 billion and is designed for mass production of autonomous systems. Arsenal-2, a $6.6 billion shipyard project in Maryland, represents the company's expansion into heavy weapons manufacturing — producing critical components for Virginia-class nuclear submarines with payments tied directly to production outcomes.
The CODEW Lens: Every defense autonomy problem eventually resolves into a software problem. You cannot coordinate sensors, weapons, and operators across domains without a common data layer — and Lattice is Anduril's answer to that question. The manufacturing investment is the hardware complement: you cannot deploy autonomy at scale without the factories to build it.
4. The Business Model
Anduril operates a defense software plus hardware model with several distinctive characteristics: a software-first approach, a direct government sales motion, and a manufacturing-led scaling strategy.
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 revenue | $2.2 billion |
| 2026 projected revenue | $4.6 billion (~95% growth) |
| Valuation (May 2026) | $61 billion |
| Target valuation (current raise) | $100 billion |
| Army NGC2 contract | Up to $1.8 billion over five years (initial $162.8M) |
| Navy submarine contract | Up to $2.9 billion |
| Army enterprise contract | Up to $20 billion |
Government contracts. Anduril's revenue is driven by a portfolio of large programs. The NGC2 contract expands the Army's Next-Generation Command and Control program from division-scale experimentation to operational fielding, beginning with I Corps. The Navy contract for submarine components has payments tied directly to demonstrated production outcomes, with Anduril assuming most of the execution risk. The Army enterprise contract consolidates procurement of Anduril's commercially available technologies, with a total estimated value of up to $20 billion.
Manufacturing investment. Arsenal-2 represents a $6.6 billion combined government and private investment — $3.7 billion from Anduril and up to $2.9 billion from the Navy. The facility is expected to be operational by the end of the decade, creating 3,100 direct jobs and supporting over 11,000 indirect jobs. Arsenal-1 in Ohio, a $1 billion facility, began producing autonomous combat drones in 2026.
Expansion opportunities. Each new platform integration adds a system that can run Lattice, and each new deployment generates operational data that feeds back into the autonomy models. The company's expansion into submarine components opens a market where the U.S. industrial base has suffered from decades of capacity shortfalls.
The CODEW Lens: Anduril's business model is indexed to production outcomes, not cost-plus contracts. That is a structurally different position from traditional defense contractors — it means revenue scales with demonstrated manufacturing capability, not with the number of years a program has been funded.
5. Funding & Capital
Anduril's funding history is remarkable for both velocity and scale. The company has raised more capital in nine years than most defense contractors raise in a generation.
| Round | Date | Amount | Valuation | Key Investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Series G | June 2025 | $2.5B | $30.5B | Founders Fund |
| Series H | May 2026 | $5B | $61B | Thrive Capital, Andreessen Horowitz (co-leads) |
Total funding now exceeds $10 billion. The Series H doubled the company's valuation from $30.5 billion a year earlier. Anduril is now raising additional capital at a target valuation of $100 billion, according to foreign news reports, which would make it one of the most heavily funded defense startups so far this year. If the round closes, the valuation of the nine-year-old company would approach 77% of Lockheed Martin's $130 billion valuation — a company with a 112-year history.
Capital intensity. Anduril's growth strategy is extremely capital-intensive. Arsenal-2 alone represents a $3.7 billion private investment. The company remains unprofitable and is prioritizing manufacturing capacity and contract execution over near-term margin. With $10 billion raised and a $61 billion valuation, Anduril has capital to deploy — but the scale of its manufacturing ambitions means it will need to convert contracts into production revenue quickly.
The CODEW Lens: Anduril's funding trajectory is a bet on category ownership, not current economics. The company is buying speed — in manufacturing capacity, platform integration, and international expansion — because it believes defense technology will consolidate around two or three new primes. The question is whether that scale arrives before the capital runs out.
6. Defense Use Cases and Operational Value
Anduril's defense business is not a single product but a portfolio of programs where its software and hardware have become embedded in operational workflows.
NGC2 (Next Generation Command and Control). The U.S. Army's highest-priority modernization program. Anduril leads the common data layer baseline, providing an edge-to-cloud data mesh via Lattice. In July 2025, the Army awarded Team Anduril an Other Transaction Authority agreement to deliver the NGC2 prototype for the 4th Infantry Division. Engineers embedded with soldiers weeks later through a series of Ivy Sting exercises, using each field event to identify problems, rewrite software, and return with an improved system. Within a year, NGC2 grew from individual mission threads into a division-scale architecture supporting fires, intelligence, sustainment, and aviation. At Ivy Mass, more than 2,500 end-user devices operated on the same data architecture, and NGC2 reduced artillery fire timelines by 90 percent compared to legacy systems.
Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA). The U.S. Air Force selected Anduril's Lattice for Mission Autonomy software stack for the next phase of the CCA program. Anduril will move mission autonomy from concept to production-ready capability, flying regularly and executing tests where operational users directly oversee Lattice-powered flights. The YFQ-44A Fury air vehicle team has been developing, testing, and building prototype CCA since April 2024.
Submarine components. Arsenal-2 in Baltimore County will manufacture critical components for Virginia-class nuclear submarines, including torpedo tubes. The project represents the largest shipyard construction since World War II, according to President Trump. The U.S. government will own a 40% stake in the new shipyard.
International deployments. Anduril has deployed systems with U.S. allies, including South Korea, where the company is partnering with Hyundai Rotem to apply Lattice to unmanned platforms and key ground systems. The company has also demonstrated connected defense on NATO's eastern flank.
The CODEW Lens: The operational value is real but the deployment scale remains concentrated. Anduril's defense business depends on a relatively small number of large programs, and whether it can replicate NGC2's success across the full breadth of military operations is still being tested.
7. The Competitive Landscape
Anduril doesn't face one clean competitor — it faces overlapping pressure from several different directions, each contesting a different layer of the stack it's trying to own.
| Category | Representative Players | Where They Overlap |
|---|---|---|
| Legacy defense primes | Lockheed Martin, RTX, Northrop Grumman, Boeing | Existing procurement relationships, production capacity, and congressional relationships. Lockheed led the competing NGC2 prototype for the 25th Infantry Division. |
| Defense technology startups | Shield AI, Saronic, Skydio, Palantir | Shield AI competes in autonomous aviation; Saronic in maritime; Skydio in drones. Palantir competes in command-and-control and data integration. |
| Autonomous systems specialists | General Atomics, AeroVironment | General Atomics competed in CCA; AeroVironment in drones. Anduril and General Atomics were the only two hardware suppliers selected for the first CCA round. |
| Shipbuilders | General Dynamics Electric Boat, Huntington Ingalls Industries | Existing submarine manufacturers. Anduril is entering as a component supplier, not a prime contractor, for Virginia-class submarines. |
The competitive landscape is not zero-sum. On NGC2, Anduril and Palantir are partners — Anduril leads the common data baseline, with Palantir providing Foundry's edge-to-cloud data mesh. But on the broader defense AI layer, the two companies compete directly. Anduril's Lattice platform connects its own hardware into a unified command network — a direct alternative to Palantir's software-first approach.
Anduril's most distinctive competitive position is its cross-domain capability. As the largest private defense tech company, Anduril stands out as having the most cross-domain capability — air, land, sea, and the software that connects them. Shield AI focuses on autonomous aviation, Saronic on maritime, Skydio on drones. Anduril is the only one doing all of it.
The CODEW Lens: Anduril's most dangerous competitor is not Shield AI or General Atomics. It is Lockheed Martin — because Lockheed already owns the procurement relationships, the production facilities, and the congressional relationships, and it can bundle autonomy into broader platform contracts. Anduril's bet is that the Pentagon's shift to software-defined warfare will break that bundling model.
8. Anduril's Competitive Advantage
It is important to separate what Anduril has demonstrated from what it claims or projects.
Lattice as a moat. Once Lattice is integrated across sensors, weapons, and platforms, that connectivity becomes deeply embedded. NGC2 is building a common data architecture that competitors would need to replicate across the entire force. The Air Force's CCA program has made Lattice for Mission Autonomy fully A-GRA compliant, ensuring cross-compatibility with current and future aircraft.
Cross-domain capability. Anduril is the only defense technology company with autonomous systems across air, land, and sea, plus the software layer that connects them. This breadth is rare and difficult to replicate, especially for startups that have focused on a single domain.
Manufacturing investment. Arsenal-1 and Arsenal-2 represent a genuine commitment to production at scale. The Navy contract's payment structure — tied directly to demonstrated production outcomes — aligns incentives and forces Anduril to execute on manufacturing, not just design.
Demonstrated operational value. NGC2 reduced artillery fire timelines by 90% compared to legacy systems and operated more than 2,500 end-user devices at division scale. These are concrete outcomes rather than marketing claims.
Company claims and future potential. Anduril's positioning as a next-generation prime is a strategic narrative that has not yet been proven at scale. The company remains unprofitable, and its most ambitious manufacturing facility will not be operational until the end of the decade. Whether it can mass-produce at the scale required to justify its valuation is still being tested.
The CODEW Lens: The demonstrable advantage is Lattice's integration depth and cross-domain capability. The claimed advantage is becoming a next-generation prime. One is verified today. The other is a bet on where the Pentagon's procurement strategy goes next.
9. Risks and Constraints
Production ramp risk. Arsenal-2 will not be operational until the end of the decade. In the interim, Anduril must scale production at Arsenal-1 and its California facilities. Any delay in shipyard construction or production ramp could push revenue timelines beyond the company's capital runway.
Competition from incumbents. Lockheed Martin, RTX, and Northrop Grumman have the resources, customer relationships, and production capacity to compete aggressively. Lockheed led the competing NGC2 prototype for the 25th Infantry Division. If incumbents successfully bundle autonomy into broader platform contracts, Anduril's standalone value proposition could face pressure.
Customer concentration. Anduril's revenue is tied to a relatively small number of large programs with the U.S. military and allied governments. A shift in Pentagon priorities or a budget decline could significantly impact revenue.
Valuation risk. A $61 billion valuation with undisclosed profitability creates pressure for continued hypergrowth. Anduril is now raising at a $100 billion target — a pace that may not be sustainable. A deceleration could trigger a valuation reset.
Political exposure. Anduril's co-founder Palmer Luckey was appointed to a Pentagon task force alongside Elon Musk and Newt Gingrich. The company's close alignment with the Trump administration's manufacturing revival agenda carries political risk if the administration's priorities change.
Execution risk. Scaling manufacturing, expanding into submarine components, integrating new platforms, and managing international partnerships — all happening simultaneously — represent a significant operational challenge.
The CODEW Lens: The biggest risk is not that Anduril fails to build autonomous systems. It is that Anduril builds excellent autonomous systems and still loses the category to a bundled incumbent that was already in the Pentagon's procurement system. Manufacturing scale is the metric that matters most.
10. What to Watch
Revenue execution. Anduril is projecting $4.6 billion in 2026 revenue, nearly double 2025. Whether it hits that target will be the single most important data point for the growth thesis.
Arsenal-2 construction timeline. Whether the Maryland shipyard opens on schedule at the end of the decade and begins delivering submarine components to the Navy will test Anduril's ability to execute on heavy manufacturing.
NGC2 expansion. The Army's highest-priority modernization program is moving from prototyping to operational fielding. Whether Anduril expands its role in the NGC2 ecosystem — or faces competition from Lockheed and others — will test the defense platform thesis.
CCA production. The Air Force selected Lattice for Mission Autonomy for the next CCA phase. Whether Anduril moves mission autonomy from concept to production-ready capability — and whether it wins additional CCA contracts — will shape the aviation business.
$100 billion valuation round. Whether Anduril closes its current funding round at the target valuation will indicate investor confidence in the next-generation prime thesis.
International contract conversions. Whether partnerships with South Korea, NATO allies, and other international customers convert into production contracts will test the international expansion thesis.
Profitability trajectory. Anduril remains unprofitable. Any disclosure of unit economics or a path to profitability would provide critical validation of the business model.
The CODEW Lens: The single most important data point to watch is whether Anduril's manufacturing capacity translates into delivered products at scale. Winning contracts is one thing; building and shipping autonomous systems at the volume the Pentagon needs is another.
The CODEW Take: Can Anduril Become a Next-Generation Defense Prime?
Can Anduril become a next-generation defense prime by combining software, autonomous systems, and advanced manufacturing?
The answer is likely yes — but the company that emerges will be judged on two things it has not yet proven: whether it can mass-produce autonomous systems at the scale the Pentagon needs, and whether Lattice becomes the standard operating system for the battlefield before incumbents develop their own.
Anduril has built something genuinely difficult: a cross-domain autonomy platform with a software layer that connects sensors, weapons, and operators; a manufacturing model designed for speed; and operational deployments that have delivered measurable results — including a 90% reduction in artillery fire timelines. That foundation is real, and it is the prerequisite for everything else — you cannot deploy autonomous systems at scale without the factories to build them and the software to coordinate them.
The expansion into submarine components, international markets, and collaborative combat aircraft is strategically logical. The U.S. defense industrial base has suffered from decades of underinvestment in shipbuilding capacity. If Anduril can bring Silicon Valley speed to submarine manufacturing, it opens a market where the government is desperate for capacity. That is a much more defensible position — and a much larger market.
But the risks are structural. Anduril's valuation assumes continued hypergrowth and eventual profitability, with no public profit figures to validate either. Its most formidable competitors — Lockheed Martin, RTX, Northrop Grumman — already own the procurement relationships, the production facilities, and the congressional relationships. And the autonomy layer it is betting on could consolidate around the incumbents who already own the factory floor.
The CODEW verdict: Anduril is the most credible independent challenger in defense technology today, with the technology, capital, manufacturing investment, and operational proof points to become a next-generation prime. The open question is not capability — it is scale. Anduril must prove it can mass-produce autonomous systems at the volume the Pentagon needs, not just win contracts and build prototypes. If it does, Anduril defines the new defense industrial model. If it does not, Anduril becomes an acquisition target or a component supplier rather than a prime.
The three sources of potential advantage — Lattice as a moat, cross-domain capability, and manufacturing investment — are all present. The question is whether they compound into a platform or dissolve into a collection of expensive capabilities that incumbents replicate for less. The next 24 months will tell.
The CODEW Lens: Anduril is not betting on being the best autonomous systems company. It is betting that in an era of software-defined warfare, whoever controls the mission autonomy layer controls the defense stack. Owning the software layer is a more durable position than owning any single platform built on top of it — and building the factories to produce those platforms is the hardware complement that makes the software bet real.
The Anduril Glossary
Lattice — Anduril's AI-powered operating system that connects sensors, weapons, vehicles, and operators across domains, enabling collaborative autonomy under human oversight.
Lattice for Mission Autonomy — The specific software stack that enables teams of unmanned systems to collaborate dynamically across domains, selected by the U.S. Air Force for the CCA program.
NGC2 — The U.S. Army's Next Generation Command and Control program, a software-based ecosystem that integrates data, AI, and communications across the battlefield.
CCA (Collaborative Combat Aircraft) — The U.S. Air Force program to develop autonomous aircraft that operate alongside crewed fighters.
A-GRA — Autonomy Government Reference Architecture. A standardized architecture that ensures cross-compatibility between autonomy software and aircraft hardware.
Arsenal-1 — Anduril's $1 billion manufacturing facility in Ohio, designed for mass production of autonomous combat drones.
Arsenal-2 — Anduril's $6.6 billion shipyard project in Maryland, manufacturing critical components for Virginia-class nuclear submarines.
Fury (YFQ-44A) — Anduril's collaborative combat aircraft developed for the Air Force's CCA program.
Ivy Sting — A series of field exercises where Anduril engineers worked directly alongside soldiers to identify problems, rewrite software, and integrate new capabilities for NGC2.
Other Transaction Authority (OTA) — A streamlined contracting mechanism that allows the Defense Department to work with non-traditional contractors more quickly than standard procurement rules allow.
Software-defined warfare — An approach to military operations where software, data, and autonomy are the primary drivers of capability, rather than hardware platforms alone.
FAQ
Q: What does Anduril actually do?
Anduril builds software and autonomous systems for defense. Its core product is Lattice, an AI-powered operating system that connects sensors, weapons, vehicles, and operators across air, land, and sea. It also manufactures autonomous systems including the Fury collaborative combat aircraft, Ghost and Altius drones, Dive autonomous underwater vehicles, and Sentry counter-drone towers. The company operates manufacturing facilities including Arsenal-1 in Ohio and Arsenal-2 in Maryland.
Q: How much has Anduril raised, and at what valuation?
Anduril has raised more than $10 billion in total. Its Series H in May 2026 raised $5 billion at a $61 billion valuation, double its valuation from a year earlier. The company is now raising additional capital at a target valuation of $100 billion. Investors include Thrive Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, and Founders Fund.
Q: Is Anduril profitable?
Anduril has not disclosed profitability, and its capital intensity — manufacturing facilities, platform development, and international expansion — suggests the company is prioritizing growth and capacity over near-term margin. It remains unprofitable based on the information available.
Q: Who are Anduril's main competitors?
In defense technology, the closest competitors are Shield AI (autonomous aviation), Saronic (maritime systems), Skydio (drones), and Palantir (command-and-control and data integration). Anduril also competes with legacy defense primes including Lockheed Martin, RTX, Northrop Grumman, and General Dynamics, which have existing procurement relationships and production capacity. Anduril's most distinctive competitive position is its cross-domain capability — it is the only defense technology company with autonomous systems across air, land, and sea.
Q: What are Anduril's biggest risks?
The biggest risks are production ramp risk (Arsenal-2 will not be operational until the end of the decade), competition from incumbents with existing procurement relationships, customer concentration (a relatively small number of large programs), valuation risk (raising at a $100 billion target), political exposure (close alignment with the Trump administration's manufacturing agenda), and the challenge of scaling manufacturing while expanding into new domains simultaneously.
Q: Why does Anduril matter for the AI era specifically?
Because software-defined warfare represents the physical application of AI in a domain where the U.S. faces significant capacity gaps. Anduril's argument is that Lattice, autonomous systems, and advanced manufacturing can enable the military to field more capable systems faster and at lower cost than traditional platforms. If that argument holds, Anduril becomes a foundational defense technology company, not just a drone manufacturer.
The CODEW Stat
$61B valuation · $4.6B projected 2026 revenue · $6.6B submarine investment Anduril has raised $5 billion in a single funding round at a $61 billion valuation, is projecting $4.6 billion in 2026 revenue — nearly 95% growth — and is investing $6.6 billion in a Maryland shipyard to manufacture submarine components for the U.S. Navy. The capital is real. The contracts are real. What remains unproven is whether Anduril can mass-produce autonomous systems at the scale the Pentagon needs, and whether its Lattice platform becomes the standard operating system for the battlefield before incumbents develop their own. That is the central question of the Anduril thesis.
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