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Anduril and Palantir Technologies are moving together to make bundle for U.S. President Donald Trump’s Golden Dome antimissile shield initiative, a root acquainted with the substance said connected Tuesday.
The $185 cardinal Golden Dome rocket defence task aims to physique a space-based shield susceptible of intercepting ballistic, cruise and hypersonic missiles, with hundreds of companies vying for a relation successful processing the shield.
Anduril and Palantir person been funny successful being a portion of Golden Dome since its inception. Reuters reported past twelvemonth that the firms were moving with Elon Musk’s SpaceX connected assorted parts of the project.
Anduril was besides among companies that were awarded fractional a twelve tiny Golden Dome contracts successful November to physique competing rocket defence prototypes.
Aalyria Technologies, startup Scale AI and software steadfast Swoop Technologies are besides moving connected the project, the root added.
The companies did not instantly respond to Reuters requests for comment. The Wall Street Journal archetypal reported the improvement on Tuesday.
Lockheed Martin, RTX and Northrop Grumman had earlier joined the programme arsenic premier contractors.
The terms tag for task has accrued by $10 cardinal to $185 cardinal successful a bid to accelerate cardinal space-based capabilities, the programme’s manager said past week.
