AI Weapons

Anduril's Autonomous Fighter Jet Completes First Flight Test

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Anduril Industries announced its YFQ-44 ‘Fury’ autonomous fighter jet prototype successfully completed its first live flight test, achieving the milestone in just 556 days from clean-sheet design to flight—less than two years. The Fury is Anduril’s entry for the Air Force’s …

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OpenAI Partners with Anduril to Integrate AI into Weapons Systems

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OpenAI announced a partnership with Anduril Industries to integrate ChatGPT maker’s AI technology into drone-defense systems sold to the Pentagon, marking OpenAI’s formal entry into military AI applications. The three-year contract embeds OpenAI’s language models and AI …

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Anduril Announces Arsenal-1: $1 Billion Weapons Manufacturing Facility in Ohio

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Anduril Industries selected Columbus, Ohio for Arsenal-1, its first ‘hyperscale manufacturing facility’ designed to produce tens of thousands of autonomous weapons systems annually. The company announced nearly $1 billion in investment to build the 5-million-square-foot facility in …

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Anduril Wins Air Force Contract for Autonomous Fighter Jet Program

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The U.S. Air Force selected Anduril Industries and General Atomics to develop Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) autonomous fighter jets, beating defense giants Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, and Boeing. The CCA program aims to deliver at least 1,000 unmanned combat aircraft equipped with …

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Anduril AI-Powered Drones Deployed to Ukraine Since 2022

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The Ukrainian military began operating Anduril Industries’ Ghost-X autonomous drones in 2022, shortly after Russia’s February invasion, making Ukraine a testing ground for Silicon Valley’s AI-powered weapons systems. Anduril drones demonstrated ability to operate in contested …

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