US defence-tech reporting
By lens · 2 takes across the edition
Reports the Army's award to Anduril of a 10-year, up-to-$20B enterprise contract vehicle aimed at counter-drone and AI battlefield integration, consolidating 120+ prior contracts. The first task order is a counter-UAS C2 selection of Anduril's Lattice suite.
“The Army awarded Anduril a contract worth as much as $20 billion, with an eye toward counter-drone capabilities and AI battlefield integration.”
Reports the DoD's June 'Crucible' demonstration to stress-test industry swarm capabilities, and the CDAO 'Swarm Forge' solicitation — a pace-setting project from Hegseth's January AI memo — seeking AI agents that autonomously coordinate roles for 'Find, Fix, Finish', including end-to-end autonomous ISR and targeting.
“Officials want to see end-to-end autonomous completion of mission sets, with AI agents coordinating role assignments — 'inter-agent collaboration'.”