Anduril Industries is competing with General Atomics for the US Air Force's drone wingman program. The startup aims to keep costs low by utilizing commercial parts in the design of its AI-powered drone, Fury. CEO Brian Schimpf emphasizes that this approach simplifies manufacturing, citing the use of a commercial business jet engine and less intricate landing gear. The Fury aims to fulfill the Air Force's need for affordable autonomous or semi-autonomous drones that can complement piloted fighter jets, enhancing aerial mission capabilities while reducing costs.
We tried to eliminate really every bottleneck we could find around what makes an aircraft hard to produce.
We designed it so that it can be built in any machine shop in America.
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