The Pentagon Is Trying Out a New Contracting Process with Anduril

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The Pentagon is leaning heavily on Anduril’s expertise in anti-drone warfare—negotiating several “enterprise contracts” that allow for flexible spending.

Drones have become ubiquitous across the modern battlefield. In Ukraine and Iran, the drone has proven cheap and scalable and hard to defend against. Traditional air defense systems, well equipped for confronting fighters and bombers, are just too slow to handle the swarm tactics that drones enable. The result is that the Pentagon is shifting towards software-driven counter-UAS systems, which is reflected in the new contract awarded to Anduril for the company’s “Lattice” system. 

The Pentagon Could Spend Billions on Anduril Drones

Anduril has won an $87 million task order under “Joint Interagency Task Force 401,” which could include investments of up to $20 billion over 10 years. That funding is not guaranteed. Instead, it is a contract........

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