Anduril Industries

The #XPRIZEWildfire team visited Anduril Industries during XPRIZE Wildfire Autonomous Wildfire Response Track Semifinals testing to learn more about their autonomous wildfire response system. 1️⃣ On Day 1, the visit began at Anduril’s Costa Mesa headquarters, where the prize operations team toured the facility and explored a range of technologies in development. Anduril shared their approach to the competition, detailing the Concept of Operations behind their system, which is being built to detect, respond, and suppress wildfires with speed and precision. 2️⃣ On Day 2, the prize operations team went to Anduril’s test site in San Clemente, California, where Anduril showcased their Lattice software platform, which linked an autonomous sensing tower for early detection with a compact autonomous helicopter for targeted suppression. The system delivered suppression materials in multiple demos, adapting to wind and environmental factors in real time. Founded in 2017, Anduril brings together global expertise from Silicon Valley technologists to experienced veterans united by a mission to design systems that serve critical needs at the speed of relevance. Stay tuned for more updates from #XPRIZEWildfire Autonomous Wildfire Response Track Semifinals testing. Learn more about the semifinalists here. https://lnkd.in/gXNeHMUV

Australia’s known for its ocean predators. Great Whites. Hammerheads. Tiger Sharks. And soon, you’ll be able to add a new one to the list - the Ghost Shark. Because the first of our world-leading fleet of autonomous underwater vehicles has rolled off the production line. And it’s getting ready to deliver the intelligence, surveillance and strike capabilities our Royal Australian Navy needs to deter conflict and preserve peace. It’s all part of our $1.7 billion investment in the Australian-made Anduril Industries Ghost Shark. An investment we announced in September - and are already delivering on. Showing speed to capability in action.

When I left SASC to join Anduril over 6 years ago, I admittedly didn’t know what I was doing, or what I would be doing. I just knew that I needed to find a new avenue to help our military achieve the initiatives that I was advocating in Congress – modernize faster, innovate, prepare for the adversarial challenges that posed an existential threat to our country. Never would I imagine a day like today. Anxiously bouncing beside a runway squinting at blue sky and listening intently to a scratchy radio. It will be one of the most remarkable memories of my life. When, YFQ-44A touched down for a landing (so smooth by the way) it was a shared relief, pride, and immense sense of achievement for all of us there. The accomplishments on this program to date are many. The U.S. AF CCA program is a technical leap for aviation, employing a novel and aggressive program structure, that selected a young non-traditional defense company specializing in software to build an airplane. For any one of these reasons, a successful first flight today would be a big deal. But doing this with the people at Anduril and the U.S. Air Force is what will make it a truly remarkable moment. A shared belief, a shared mission, a shared commitment, who like me, were pacing nervously and trying not to ugly cry. I could not be more grateful to be part of making history with such a great team. And what’s crazy, we still have so much left to go. We have begun integrating weapons with YFQ-44A and will execute our first live shot next year. We will execute multi-ship mission autonomy flights and fly with crewed fighters. We currently have multiple fully built aircraft in testing, as well as multiple aircraft in various stages of the manufacturing process, and standing up an operational manufacturing site in Columbus. Onward and upward. FBC.