Anduril timeline: 2017 to today
The milestones that shaped Anduril: founding, acquisitions, funding rounds, product launches and the contracts that turned prototypes into programs. Major new events are added automatically.
- Partnership
Voyager Technologies propulsion partnership
Voyager (a separate public company) to supply more than $60M of rocket motors and related hardware.
Source: Anduril - Manufacturing
First YFQ-44A built at Arsenal-1
The Ohio factory produces its first CCA, about 18 months after the site was announced.
Source: thedefensepost.com - International
First NATO contract
Lattice selected for the evaluation phase of NATO's eAirC2 Data Platform, alongside two other vendors.
Source: Anduril - Contract
Army picks Anduril to lead NGC2 data baseline
First major NGC2 award beyond the prototype, under a reported 10-year enterprise agreement.
Source: Anduril - Contract
CCA production contract
The Air Force selects the FQ-44 for production and picks Lattice for CCA mission autonomy the same day.
Source: Anduril - Funding
Series H: $5B at $61B
Led by Thrive Capital and Andreessen Horowitz; Anduril says 2025 revenue doubled to about $2.2B.
Source: Anduril - Contract
Golden Dome space-based interceptors team
Anduril and partners selected to work on the Space Force's space-based interceptor effort for Golden Dome.
Source: Anduril - Acquisition
Agrees to acquire ExoAnalytic Solutions
Space-domain-awareness company; expands Anduril's space and missile-defense work.
Source: Anduril - Manufacturing
Arsenal-1: one year in
Anduril reports on construction and early production in Ohio.
Source: Anduril - International
UAE joint venture with EDGE Group
Plans to co-develop autonomous systems including the Omen drone.
Source: Anduril - Product
YFQ-44A begins flight testing
Anduril's CCA prototype flies for the first time.
Source: Anduril - International
Ghost Shark enters Australian program of record
Australia moves the XL-AUV from prototype to fleet program.
Source: Anduril - Contract
Army NGC2 prototype ($99.6M)
Anduril leads a team including Palantir to prototype the Army's Next Generation Command and Control with the 4th Infantry Division.
Source: Anduril - Acquisition
Acquires Klas
Irish rugged-compute maker; its Voyager line becomes an Anduril product.
Source: Anduril - Contract
$642M Marine Corps counter-drone program
Ten-year program of record to install counter-drone systems at Marine Corps bases.
Source: Anduril - Contract
Takes over the Army's IVAS headset work
Anduril assumes the lead on the Army's mixed-reality headset program from Microsoft.
Source: Anduril - Manufacturing
Arsenal-1 announced in Ohio
A planned 5-million-square-foot, roughly $1B factory near Columbus, Ohio, targeting production in 2026.
Source: Anduril - Partnership
Palantir consortium
Anduril and Palantir team up to bid together on defense AI and data programs.
Source: Anduril - Partnership
OpenAI partnership
Anduril and OpenAI partner on AI for counter-drone systems, a notable shift for a major AI lab.
Source: Anduril - Product
Barracuda cruise missile family
Low-cost, mass-producible air vehicles and munitions.
Source: Anduril - Contract
Selected for Air Force CCA Increment 1
Anduril and General Atomics advance to build prototype Collaborative Combat Aircraft, beating Boeing, Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman.
Source: Anduril - Acquisition
Acquires Blue Force Technologies (Fury)
Brings in the Fury autonomous jet that becomes Anduril's CCA entry.
Source: Anduril - Acquisition
Acquires Adranos (rocket motors)
Gives Anduril a solid-rocket-motor business, a known bottleneck for U.S. missile production.
Source: Anduril - Product
Lattice for Mission Autonomy
Anduril extends Lattice from sensing and C2 to coordinating teams of autonomous vehicles.
Source: Anduril - International
Expands to Australia
Anduril Australia opens; partnership with the Royal Australian Navy on extra-large undersea vehicles follows in May.
Source: Anduril - Acquisition
Acquires Dive Technologies
Enters undersea autonomy with the Dive-LD vehicle.
Source: Anduril - Contract
SOCOM counter-drone integrator
U.S. Special Operations Command selects Anduril as systems integration partner for counter-drone work, a deal widely reported at nearly $1B over ten years.
Source: Anduril - Acquisition
Acquires Area-I (Altius)
First major acquisition adds the tube-launched Altius drone family.
Source: Anduril - Company
New Costa Mesa headquarters
Anduril moves into a larger Orange County headquarters in Costa Mesa, California.
Source: Anduril - Contract
Border towers become a program of record
U.S. Customs and Border Protection declares its Autonomous Surveillance Towers, built by Anduril, a program of record, after piloting four towers in 2018. The towers become one of the company's first large, recurring businesses.
Source: cbp.gov - Funding
Valued at about $1 billion
A round led by Andreessen Horowitz makes Anduril a 'unicorn' two years after founding.
Source: en.wikipedia.org - Company
Anduril is founded
Palmer Luckey (Oculus founder), Trae Stephens (Founders Fund), Brian Schimpf, Matt Grimm and Joe Chen start Anduril in Southern California. The name comes from a sword in The Lord of the Rings.
Source: en.wikipedia.org