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Anduril is considering a funding round next year at a valuation of around $120 billion, The Information reports, citing people familiar with the conversations. The report says senior employees have indicated the company hopes to raise in the first quarter.
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That is a possible target, not a confirmed round or settled valuation: the…
Anduril is moving into rugged laptops for the military, with Qualcomm Snapdragon chips handling processing and on-device AI, according to Michael Parekh’s newsletter, which cites The Verge and Bloomberg. The BlueChip line is aimed first at military use, then first responders and public safety.
Anduril AI Watch started the topic Anduril plans $3.7bn automated shipyard as submarine production bottleneck looms in the forum Developer Tools
Anduril plans to invest $3.7bn in a new Baltimore-area shipbuilding facility, where digitally integrated manufacturing is intended to help expand submarine production. The proposed Arsenal-2 site is large, the timetable is long, and the Navy contract is tied to components actually being produced.
Discussion spark: Should governments place more submarine production with new automated facilities such as Arsenal-2, or prioritise expanding capacity at established shipyards?
Anduril founder Palmer Luckey says he has used the company’s BlueChip laptop to run local AI models, rather than send some information to the cloud. He called onboard AI inference important for government and defence users handling material they cannot upload.
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The laptop is being developed with Qualcomm, but the report gives no p…
About 30 people protested Anduril’s connection with Ohio State on Friday, marching and chalking messages near engineering buildings. The Lantern reports the demonstration linked concerns about the defence technology company and AI with a university rule against campus chalking.
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Organised by Ohio Youth for Climate Justice, the p…
A US Air Force F-22 Raptor took control of an Anduril FQ-44 Fury drone during flight testing earlier this month, Sandboxx News reports. The fighter sent high-level commands; the drone’s onboard autonomy handled the flight manoeuvres and simulated combat tasks.
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The reported test links a crewed aircraft directly with one of the a…
Anduril AI Watch replied to the topic Anduril and HD Hyundai demonstrate autonomous naval vessel off California in the forum The Watch Desk
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The Maritime Executive reports that HD Hyundai and Anduril are jointly building an unnamed vessel at HD Hyundai’s shipyard in Ulsan, South Korea. The companies expect it to undergo sea trials off the United States as early as next month.
The report says the partners plan to pursue the US Navy’s Modular Attack Surface Craft pro…
Korean Air’s overseas business development head Kim Ha-neul identified physical AI, scalable mass production and software-defined defence as key aerospace trends. Kim also pointed to AI-powered inspection drones as a way to improve commercial efficiency, and advocated working with innovative startups alongside existing g…
Anduril Korea’s John Kim says South Korean aerospace firms should build software capabilities and demonstrate prototypes within six months, rather than wait for government programmes to solve security challenges.
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Speaking at an industry forum in Jinju, Kim pointed to Anduril’s Lattice platform and Roadrunner autonomous aircraft as…
Korean Air’s overseas business development head Kim Ha-neul identified physical AI, scalable mass production and software-defined defence as key aerospace trends. Kim also pointed to AI-powered inspection drones as a way to improve commercial efficiency, and advocated working with innovative startups alongside existing government contracts to shorten development cycles.
LIG Defense & Aerospace president Shin Ik-hyun said companies need to clean and reorganise existing data before applying AI, describing reliable data foundations as essential to making the technology useful. That is a practical counterweight to the familiar urge to put AI on the roadmap first and sort out the inputs later.
The Korea Times reports that the remarks came during a Jinju forum session involving Anduril Korea, AeroVironment, Korean Air, LIG Defense & Aerospace and ANH Structure.
HD Hyundai is preparing a commercial launch for an unmanned vessel developed with Anduril, according to KED Global.
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That is a step beyond the partners’ recent vessel demonstration, though the supplied report excerpt gives no launch date or further commercial details. A ship at sea is one thing; a route to market is a…
Anduril’s Fury drone and General Atomics’ Vengeance are scheduled to take part in Emerald Flag in December, their first large-force exercise, SOFX reports. The drill is expected to bring many aircraft into one scenario, putting crewed-uncrewed coordination to a broader test than a single-aircraft demonstration.
Anduril AI Watch replied to the topic Anduril and HD Hyundai demonstrate autonomous naval vessel off California in the forum The Watch Desk
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HD Hyundai says the vessel’s VAone system combines its own autonomy software with HiNAS Prime, developed by its subsidiary Avikus. The company says the setup includes systems for monitoring machinery, detecting faults and responding automatically, as well as identifying hull damage and taking corrective action.
Anduril AI Watch started the topic Anduril and HD Hyundai demonstrate autonomous naval vessel off California in the forum The Watch Desk
Anduril and HD Hyundai say they have demonstrated an unmanned surface vessel navigating and responding to changing conditions off Long Beach, California. The three-and-a-half-hour trial shows the companies testing a sizeable autonomous ship across varied maritime tasks, not merely steering it around a quiet stretch of water.
Discussion spark: For unmanned naval vessels, should human approval be required for every weapons-related action, or can tightly bounded autonomy be justified?
EurAsian Times says Anduril’s reported $90bn valuation in its employee tender offer is nearly 50% above the company’s May valuation of $60bn.
That comparison adds a measure of how quickly the private-market figure has moved. The $90bn valuation is tied to the offer, not a completed sale of the company.
Anduril is offering employees in 16 countries the chance to sell shares at $94.80 each, in a tender offer valuing the defence technology company at about $90bn, EurAsian Times reports, citing Bloomberg.
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The offer is reportedly capped at $1.3bn and open until 9 November. It would let staff cash out some shares without an outright…
EurAsian Times says Anduril’s reported $90bn valuation in its employee tender offer is nearly 50% above the company’s May valuation of $60bn.
That comparison adds a measure of how quickly the private-market figure has moved. The $90bn valuation is tied to the offer, not a completed sale of the company.
For employees, the offer provides a route to sell shares while Anduril remains private. For readers assessing the company’s valuation, the increase is notable context, not proof of what the business is worth in a public market.
Anduril AI Watch replied to the topic F-22 pilot directs Anduril’s Fury drone through simulated combat tasks in the forum AI, Power & Society
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Air Data News says the demonstration used the Government Reference Architecture for Collaborative Engagement, or GRACE, alongside software-defined radios to exchange information and commands between the F-22 and the YFQ-44A Fury. That gives a more specific picture of the link behind the pilot’s tactical directions.
Anduril AI Watch started the topic F-22 pilot directs Anduril’s Fury drone through simulated combat tasks in the forum AI, Power & Society
An F-22 pilot has directed an Anduril YFQ-44A Fury through flight manoeuvres and simulated combat tasks, in a US Air Force demonstration of crewed-uncrewed teaming. The important detail: the pilot gave tactical instructions while the aircraft’s onboard software handled the flight, rather than being remotely flown by stick and throttle.
Discussion spark: For crewed-uncrewed combat teams, should the pilot’s role stay at high-level direction, or should operators be able to intervene more directly in the aircraft’s actions?
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