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Anduril Industries builds the Lattice AI platform for autonomous command and control, extending into space domain awareness as a newer entrant among defense primes.
ACTIVEAnduril Industries builds advanced defense technology including the Lattice AI platform for autonomous command and control across all domains including space. The company is rapidly emerging as a new-generation defense prime with significant space domain awareness capabilities.
Anduril Industries is a defense technology company founded by Palmer Luckey, leveraging Silicon Valley innovation to transform U.S. and allied defense capabilities. Its core product, Lattice, is an AI-powered command-and-control platform that fuses sensor data across domains to enable autonomous threat detection and response. In the space domain, Lattice provides space domain awareness, satellite tracking, and orbital threat assessment capabilities. Anduril is also developing autonomous systems, counter-drone technology, and undersea vehicles, positioning itself as a next-generation defense prime competing with legacy contractors.
Hiring
124 open roles right now โ
Latest government contract
DAMASCUS
NASA ยท $998K ยท Jul 31, 2026
Latest funding round
Series H ยท $5.0B
May 13, 2026 ยท led by Thrive Capital
Autonomous interceptor for counter-UAS operations.
Autonomous drone system for ISR and strike missions.
AI-powered command-and-control operating system that fuses sensor data across land, sea, air, and space domains for autonomous threat detection and response.
AI-powered command and control platform for multi-domain operations.
| Anduril Headquarters | headquarters | Costa Mesa, United States |
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Compiled Sep 27, 2026 from 8 public records. Every figure links the record it comes from.
Space federal awards
2 awards, $1.1M obligated
Awards with activity since Oct 1, 2018, as searched Sep 24, 2026. Awarded Apr 29, 2026 to Jul 31, 2026; most from NASA (1 award)
Counts awards the government's own product code or programme title marks as space work, or the space research industry code; the satellite-telecoms industry code counts only together with a space agency, office or a space word in the award's own description. Obligated dollars, not ceilings; umbrella contracts (IDVs) are left out because their orders are counted one by one. Amounts as USAspending reported them on Sep 24, 2026.
Source: USAspending.gov recipient profile (all awards, not only space)
Latest award Jul 31, 2026
Sourced rounds on record
2 rounds, $7.50B disclosed
Every round has a disclosed amount; we hold 3 more rounds with no source link, not counted here
Published rounds with a source link only, on the same rules as the funding tracker. Each round links the source that states its figure; amounts in other currencies are converted to dollars at the rate shown on the funding tracker.
Open roles
124 open roles
30 days ago: 2,176 (Aug 29, 2026). 90 days ago: before our daily count began (Aug 13, 2026)
Roles on the company's own jobs board, read by our daily sync. Listings posted or paid for on SpaceNexus are not counted. Earlier daily counts include every listed role.
Source: Company jobs board (Greenhouse)
Counted Sep 27, 2026
Satellites owned or operated
1 in orbit of 1 launched
Latest: Anduril-216
Payloads GCAT lists with this organisation as owner or operator. "In orbit" is GCAT status O. Counted under GCAT organisation code ANDUR. Catalogue updated Sep 24, 2026.
Source: GCAT satellite catalogue
Latest launch Jul 7, 2026
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
1 space award, $998K obligated
USAspending.gov award record, Jul 31, 2026
Department of Defense
1 space award, $100K obligated
USAspending.gov award record, Apr 29, 2026
Built one of its satellites (latest Anduril-216)
Satellite data from GCAT (J. McDowell, planet4589.org/space/gcat), CC BY 4.0.
APA
SpaceNexus. (2026, September 27). Anduril Industries: Company dossier [Data set]. Retrieved September 27, 2026, from https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/anduril-industries
Chicago
SpaceNexus. "Anduril Industries: Company dossier." Data as of September 27, 2026. Accessed September 27, 2026. https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/anduril-industries.
BibTeX
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author = {{SpaceNexus}},
title = {{Anduril Industries}: Company dossier},
year = {2026},
month = sep,
howpublished = {\url{https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/anduril-industries}},
url = {https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/anduril-industries},
urldate = {2026-09-27},
note = {Data as of 2026-09-27; each fact links its primary source}
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Took part in Series H (May 13, 2026)
Defense One, May 13, 2026
Thrive Capital
Led Series H (May 13, 2026)
Defense One, May 13, 2026
Founders Fund
Recorded as lead of Series G (Jun 5, 2025)
TechCrunch, Jun 5, 2025