BaltimoreAnduril won up to $2.9bn in Navy submarine work.
Co-founder Palmer Luckey co-leads the Pentagon’s 120-day Project Meridian war study with Elon Musk.
The $3.7bn plant will make torpedo tubes and hull parts while Pentagon reports put yard output near 1.2 boats yearly.
An industry official says it will be years before any Anduril component reaches a submarine.
The US Navy still needs 31 more Virginia-class boats to reach its plan of 59.
How each outlet framed it
drawn from 90+ reports worldwide
- Al Jazeera Online
- connects contract to Trump's Project Meridian (Luckey + Musk) on autonomous future warfare capabilities
- The War Zone
- questions feasibility — emphasizes Anduril's inexperience with complex subs, notes Navy production delays in existing yards
Sources: The War Zone, Al Jazeera Online