Brian Schimpf's Anduril wins Air Force production slot for autonomous fighter jets
The FQ-44 award moves Anduril from insurgent defense contractor to a manufacturer in the Pentagon's next air-combat program.
By Ryan Merket · Published
Primary source: Bloomberg Technology
Why it matters
Anduril's CCA win shows the Pentagon is willing to put a venture-backed defense company into combat-aircraft production, but not without preserving competition across hardware and autonomy software.
Brian Schimpf's Anduril won a U.S. Air Force production-related contract for its FQ-44 autonomous fighter jet on June 17th, putting the Costa Mesa defense company inside one of the Pentagon's most consequential airpower programs and forcing its venture-backed manufacturing thesis into a federal procurement test.…
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