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Anduril Nabs $100 Million Contract From CDAO to Scale Mesh Network Across Tactical Edge

By Cal Biesecker

Wednesday, December 4th, 2024

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Anduril Nabs $100 Million Contract From CDAO to Scale Mesh Network Across Tactical Edge

An aerial view of the Pentagon. (U.S. Navy Photo)

The Pentagon’s Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office (CDAO) on Tuesday awarded Anduril Industries a $100 million contract to scale the company’s decentralized edge mesh networking platform across the military services and combatant commands to better enable operations in contested, denied and disrupted environments. The initial obligation is for $33 million and the award period runs through November 2028. Anduril said on Tuesday evening that it the “first of its kind tactical Edge Data Mesh” that is powered by the…

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