Oct 202602
Anduril Industries buys Popoto Modem
Massachusetts-based underwater acoustics company whose modems enable mesh networking between autonomous underwater vehicles
UndisclosedClosed Oct 2, 2026
Company
Anduril Industries
Anduril is a defense technology company that specializes in advanced autonomous systems. ↗
| Headquarters | Costa Mesa, CA ↗ |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2017 ↗ |
| Founders | Anduril's founders are Palmer Luckey, Trae Stephens, Matt Grimm, Joe Chen and Brian Schimpf ↗ |
| Leadership | Brian Schimpf, co-founder and CEO ↗ |
| Department of War obligations | $1.8 billion in prime contracts since fiscal 2022 ↗ |
| Ownership | Private ↗; Series F: $1.5B at a $14B valuation ↗ |
Products
- Lattice is Anduril's AI-powered operating system that turns thousands of data streams into a real-time, 3D command and control center. ↗
- Lattice for Mission Autonomy is a hardware-agnostic software platform that lets teams of robotic assets work together under human supervision. ↗
- Roadrunner is a modular, twin-jet powered autonomous air vehicle; Roadrunner-M is its high-explosive interceptor variant for ground-based air defense. ↗
- Barracuda is a family of air-breathing, software-defined expendable autonomous air vehicles in 100, 250 and 500 sizes, with Barracuda-M as the munition configuration. ↗
- Ghost Shark is an extra-large autonomous submarine built for the Royal Australian Navy. ↗
- Fury is a long-range, subsonic, stealthy military drone with a 17-foot wingspan, suited for surveillance and combat. ↗
- Sentry Tower is a portable surveillance tower that carries a camera and communications antennae and feeds data into Lattice. ↗
- Dive-LD is a modular, customizable autonomous underwater vehicle for defense and commercial missions. ↗
- Arsenal is Anduril's software-defined manufacturing platform for mass production of autonomous systems and weapons, centered on the Arsenal-1 factory. ↗
Customers
- The Royal Australian Navy awarded Anduril Australia a A$1.7 billion Program of Record to deliver a fleet of Ghost Sharks in September 2025. ↗
- U.S. Special Operations Command selected Anduril as its Systems Integration Partner for counter unmanned systems efforts under a nearly $1 billion IDIQ contract. ↗
- Anduril sells systems to the U.S. Department of War that incorporate artificial intelligence and robotics. ↗
Deals since 2020
Mar 202611
Anduril agrees to buy ExoAnalytic Solutions
A US-based national security company focused on space domain awareness and missile defense
UndisclosedPending
Nov 202513
Anduril Industries and EDGE Group: joint venture EDGE-Anduril Production Alliance
A jointly-owned production, sales and sustainment vehicle for next-generation autonomous systems in the UAE
UndisclosedPending
Oct 202520
Anduril Industries buys American Infrared Solutions
A US-based company focused on the design and manufacture of high-performance cooled infrared cameras and components (AIRS)
UndisclosedClosed
May 202505
Anduril Industries agrees to buy Klas
A company focused on edge computing and tactical communications, best known for its Voyager line of rugged compute and networking systems
UndisclosedAnnounced
Jan 202509
Anduril Industries buys Numerica radar and command-and-control businesses
Seller: Numerica
Radar and command-and-control businesses specializing in short-range air defense radars (Spyglass and Spark) and Mimir battlespace awareness software
UndisclosedClosed
Sep 202307
Anduril Industries buys Blue Force Technologies
Unmanned aircraft systems developer
UndisclosedClosed
Jun 202325
Anduril Industries buys Adranos
A manufacturer of solid rocket motors, inventor of the ALITEC aluminum-lithium alloy fuel
UndisclosedClosed Jun 25, 2023
Feb 202202
Anduril Industries buys Dive Technologies
Boston-based developer of autonomous underwater vehicles, including the DIVE-LD
UndisclosedClosed Feb 2, 2022
Sep 202128
Anduril Industries buys Copious Imaging
Lexington, Massachusetts maker of passive wide-area infrared sensing (WISP) technology that detects, tracks and classifies ground and air objects
UndisclosedClosed Sep 28, 2021
Apr 202101
Anduril Industries buys Area-I
Georgia-based maker of air launched effects and tube-stored unmanned aircraft, including the ALTIUS platform
UndisclosedClosed Apr 1, 2021
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