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Anduril To Launch Space-Based Testbed In 2025

By Cal Biesecker

Friday, September 13th, 2024

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Anduril To Launch Space-Based Testbed In 2025

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Building on the company’s existing work in the space domain, Anduril Industries in late 2025 plans to launch into space an integrated system for testing communication, spacecraft teaming, and more, leveraging its Lattice operating system. “This mission will serve as a testbed for maturation of multiple Anduril and third-party payloads which we will be announcing in the coming months,” Gokul Subramanian, senior vice president of space and engineering at Anduril, said in a statement last Friday. The company is planning…

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