SOCOM awards Anduril counter-drone contract

Anduril Industries has won a contract from U.S. Special Operations Command to provide counter-drone technology that could be worth almost $1 billion, according to the Pentagon.

SOCOM has awarded the Irvine, CA-based company an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract with a maximum ceiling of nearly $1 billion for “a counter-unmanned systems, systems integration partner,” according to Pentagon notice.

SOCOM chose Anduril out 12 competing proposals. The work will be performed at various locations within and outside the United States and is expected to be completed by January 2032.

Anduril has moved aggressively in recent years to win Pentagon business, acquiring technology companies, hiring key defense committee staffers from Capitol Hill and recruiting former senior defense officials to serve on its advisory board.