ABC News retracts and revises story about defense contractor Anduril. Now Sen. Moreno is asking the FCC to look into a potential license violation ABC issued a revised version on Friday We Got This Covered · 2h ago
NFL Fans Roast Donald Trump's 'Gigantic Wagon' as Critics Now Claim His Suit Is 'Working OT' Trump's suit drew online mockery at a Maryland event with four Baltimore Ravens players, overshadowing discussion of Anduril's planned facility for submarine components. International Business Times UK · Oct 8
Defense startups previously without gov contracts start winning massive deals after Trump family investments. Now Dems demand a federal investigation Sounds like quid pro quo. We Got This Covered · Oct 7
Donald Trump Branded 'Pathetic Clown' Who Belongs In Senior Home After Low Energy Speech In Maryland Donald Trump faced online criticism after a Maryland speech promoting Anduril's planned $6.6 billion shipyard investment and US Navy contract, while revisiting his Gulf of America dispute International Business Times UK · Oct 7
Trump Awards $2.9B Navy Contract to Anduril, a Defense Firm Backed by Don Jr-Linked Venture Fund Trump announces a Navy contract worth up to $2.9B for Anduril to build Virginia-class submarine parts, amid scrutiny of Trump Jr's 1789 Capital ties. International Business Times UK · Oct 7
Trump highlights a big new defense project in Maryland, a blue state whose governor won't be there Donald Trump plans to highlight Anduril’s $3.7 billion investment in a Baltimore-area facility that will make components for US nuclear-powered submarines, part of his push to showcase manufacturing investment ahead of the November 3 midterms. The project is expected to create 3,100 direct jobs, with the federal government committing $2.9… The Economic Times · Oct 7
Trump announces $6.6bn defense shipyard owned by top Republican donor’s firm Baltimore project to be partly funded by US government but owned by defense firm Anduril, founded by Palmer Luckey The Guardian - US · Oct 6
Pete Hegseth Taps Elon Musk and Newt Gingrich to Shape America's Future Wars as Pentagon Cuts Top Military Ranks Pete Hegseth recruits Elon Musk, Newt Gingrich and Palmer Luckey for Project Meridian to help shape the future of US warfare. International Business Times UK · Sep 30
Pete Hegseth appoints Elon Musk to US taskforce on future of warfare A year after his explosive tenure at Doge, the SpaceX CEO is back in the Trump administration’s good graces The Guardian - US · Sep 30
VOYG Stock Alert: What to Know as Voyager Teams Up With Anduril on Defense Production Voyager teams up with Anduril to scale production of U.S. missile-defense propulsion systems. Here’s what the partnership really means for VOYG shares. Barchart · Sep 29
As White House shields the AI gold rush, Trump family and other allies strike it rich – with few guardrails It’s not clear that financial interests are driving White House policy, but they run parallel even as resistance mounts The Guardian - US · Sep 20
LightPath’s Defense Pivot Could Send Shares Higher LightPath Technologies posted 73% YOY revenue growth and a swelling backlog as it pivots to defense optics, earning a Moderate Buy consensus despite wider net losses. MarketBeat · Sep 15
Iran Seizes US Underwater Drone, Raising Fears Tehran Could Reverse-Engineer Its Technology Iran's seizure of a US Navy Dive-LD drone in the Strait of Hormuz revives fears of reverse-engineering, even as Washington insists no sensitive tech was lost. International Business Times UK · Sep 10
Iran likely to reverse-engineer captured US underwater drone Iran has captured a United States military underwater drone, which raises concerns. Tehran may study and reverse engineer the advanced vessel, presenting a setback. The United States military and drone maker Anduril have downplayed the drone's significance. Iranian embassies have mocked the United States for losing the submersible drone. This… The Economic Times · Sep 10
Fortune · Aug 18 AI gets its own "boiler room" scandal The SEC accuses a Long Island firm of running a $74 million boiler room that sold retirees marked-up shares in Anduril, Anthropic, Perplexity, and SpaceX.
Fortune · Aug 18 A dropout living in a trailer, he got $1 million from Peter Thiel at 19—now he's a billionaire who says the American Dream isn't dead Billionaire Palmer Luckey sold Oculus to Facebook for $2 billion by 21 years old—and says that kind of break “isn’t happening in China.”
Fortune · Aug 15 Boiler room raised $74 million selling retirees SpaceX, Anduril, Anthropic, and Perplexity while reaping ‘massive hidden fees,’ SEC claims The New York financier at the center of the case, Andrew Spaventa, denied the allegations on Friday, and said he planned to defend himself.
The Economic Times · Aug 15 Josh Kushner’s Thrive Fund grows sevenfold to $3.7 billion on AI bets The letter highlights an investing strategy that Thrive pioneered in the venture capital industry: concentrating on a small subset of companies, rather than indexing an entire market. While many VC firms spread bets across dozens of companies, Thrive’s strategy is much more focused.
TechRadar · Aug 13 The Pentagon has unveiled an improved online store to buy counter-drone kits, but you probably won't ever be able to see it The Pentagon has a limited-access 'Amazon' for counter-drone weapons, with Anduril and DroneShield listing products and an AI that recommends purchases.
The Guardian - US · Aug 11 Pete Hegseth’s Pentagon picks raise questions over Trump family business ties Two advisers have links to a venture fund co-investing in US defense companies that benefit from federal spending
The Guardian - US · Aug 6 Exclusive: Major Republican fundraiser winning contracts from Trump administration, emails reveal Palmer Luckey has donated $5.9m to Republicans and bundled more, while reaping billions in Pentagon contracts
TechRadar · Aug 5 Could Japan be the next drone giant? Prime Minister looks to push domestic production to reduce reliance on China Japan is racing to build a domestic drone industry, pushing startups toward defense work amid growing missile and China concerns.
Reason · Jul 30 Homeland Security Is Spending $1 Billion on 'Autonomous' Border Surveillance Towers The department plans to triple the number of surveillance towers along the U.S.-Mexico border over the next decade.
Benzinga · Jul 24 Palmer Luckey's Anduril Explores Funding Round at $100B Valuation Anduril Industries is exploring a new funding round that could value the defense technology startup at roughly $100 billion, a valuation that would place the company alongside some of the largest U.S. defense contractors.
Benzinga · Jul 23 Trump Jr.'s Investment Firm Posts 200% Returns, Helped by Polymarket's Meteoric Rise Donald Trump Jr.’s investment firm 1789 Capital has reportedly generated returns of roughly 200%, driven partly by an early bet on prediction market platform Polymarket.