Anduril Industries

AEVEX books $34M in Air Force contracts as newly public drone maker scales

AEVEX Corp., fresh from April IPO, won $15.6M in Air Force mission-support contracts within weeks of a $18.5M production award, signaling rapid adoption of additive-manufactured autonomous systems over legacy contractors.

Anduril quietly built hypersonics. Now it's testing them for real.

Anduril Industries is contracting Rocket Lab for three $30M hypersonic test flights with its own capital, confirming a private defense tech firm is now funding independent hypersonic R&D outside government programs.

Rocket Lab books record Neutron backlog before first flight

Rocket Lab signed its largest contract ever, five Neutron and three Electron dedicated launches, pushing backlog to $2.2B and proving the medium-lift market will pay full price for a working alternative to Falcon 9.

Anduril lands $100M Space Force mesh network contract modification

Anduril's IDIQ ceiling for space domain awareness mesh networking doubles to $200M, extending the company's AI-powered infrastructure into orbital layers of next-gen integrated defense.

Space Force awards $3.2B for orbital kill vehicles by 2028

The U.S. Space Force distributed 20 contracts worth up to $3.2 billion across 12 companies to build space-based missile interceptors in low-Earth orbit, aiming for operational capability within two years.

Anduril's Copperhead-500M Changes the Undersea Autonomy Game

Anduril released footage of its Copperhead-500M autonomous underwater munition hitting speed records in April 2026, six weeks after winning a Navy CAMP contract to deploy it from its Dive-XL submarine — the first credible link between carrier vehicle and payload in commercial undersea autonomy.

Air Force hands full control of Anduril's Fury drone to combat crews

Anduril's YFQ-44A Fury passed its first combat-crew evaluation at Edwards AFB, with warfighters — not test pilots — executing full operational control. The milestone gates the production downselect decision due this summer.

Army Orders Ghost-X Drones With Named Sensor Payload, $16.8M

The U.S. Army awarded Anduril Industries a $16.8 million firm-fixed-price contract for Ghost-X small drones paired with Trillium HD45LP imaging payloads, signaling the platform's shift from directed requirement to production procurement.