The Demon APE flight tests the power, cooling and datalink layer the Air Force's uncrewed wingmen will need, while three firms compete for CCA autonomy software due to be chosen by summer 2027.
Anduril's first BlueChip laptop is a rugged military computer that runs its Lattice software, but only about 32% of the prototype is U.S.-origin, and Anduril cannot yet say if the 2027 model clears the 65% federal bar.
The vehicle Iran recovered near the Strait of Hormuz cost about as much as one Tomahawk. Its intact, mass-produced hull may be worth more to an adversary than the secrets it was not carrying.
Anduril Pulsar is a family of software-defined electromagnetic warfare systems intended to detect, classify and counter changing radio-frequency threats across fixed-site, vehicle, airborne and portable configurations.
Anduril Copperhead is a family of compact autonomous underwater vehicles and expendable armed variants designed to extend uncrewed sensing and strike networks into the undersea domain.
The American order has fixed quantities and deliveries running to 2033, while Taiwan's far larger domestic drone program was handed an annual ceiling already below what the defense ministry planned to spend next year.
Ukrainian operators lose the radio link before impact and the strike lands anyway. Over Edwards Air Force Base, an AI agent flew 27 intercepts on a passive infrared feed. Both ends of the price curve are solving the same problem.