Anduril Air Force Contracts Prove Startups Can Win Major Prime Programs
Dino Mavrucas · This AI Sea Drone Could Destroy A Submarine? · Joe Lonsdale · Sep 12, 2024 · at 20:11
Dino Mavrucas (CEO of Saronic) and host Joe Lonsdale discuss defense tech startup Anduril Industries as a precedent for startup disruption in defense procurement.
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“Andrel's doing phenomenal things, and Building great platforms in the aerial domain, and they're actually doing stuff subsea now as well, and they just want a massive contract with the CCA program for the Air Force, and they're really showing that New startups can enter the space and compete and win for these large programs.”
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