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Navy/USMC

Anduril To Deliver More Than 600 Bolt-Ms For Marines’ OPF-L Loitering Munition Program

By Matthew Beinart

Thursday, January 15th, 2026

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Anduril To Deliver More Than 600 Bolt-Ms For Marines’ OPF-L Loitering Munition Program

Bolt-M. Photo: Anduril.

Anduril Industries has received its first production award for the Marine Corps’ Organic Precision Fires-Light (OPF-L) lightweight loitering munition program, receiving $23.9 million to deliver more than 600 of its Bolt-M systems. The production deal follows a 13-month testing period for the OPF-L effort, which Anduril said “validated Bolt’s performance against a variety of safety, environmental and performance requirements.” The Marine Corps in April 2024 selected Anduril’s Bolt-M along with Teledyne FLIR Defense’s [TDY] Rogue 1 and AeroVironment’s [AVAV] Switchblade…

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