The Army gives Anduril an enterprise contract consolidating more than 120 procurement actions under a $20 billion ceiling

What happened

On March 13, 2026, the Army awarded Anduril an enterprise contract that consolidated more than 120 separate procurement actions into a single framework with a maximum potential value of $20 billion. It has a five-year base period and a five-year option. The Army said the figure is a ceiling, not an obligated amount.

The contract centers on Anduril’s Lattice software, which fuses sensor feeds into one picture, and on counter-drone command and control. It also covers hardware, data and compute infrastructure and support services. The Army said the deal eliminates pass-through charges on subcontracts.

It follows the July 31, 2025 Palantir agreement, which consolidated 75 contracts under a $10 billion ceiling. Like that deal, it mirrors GSA’s OneGov strategy of dealing directly with technology vendors. The director of Joint Interagency Task Force 401, the Pentagon’s counter-drone body, called it the foundation of a common command-and-control framework.

Who benefited

Anduril, founded by Palmer Luckey and backed by investors close to the administration, gained a decade-long direct channel into Army procurement without competing order by order. Its valuation and government revenue have grown rapidly during the second Trump term.

Who wanted something

Army chief technology officer Gabe Chiulli and the Office of the Chief Information Officer have made enterprise contracts a stated modernization strategy. The counter-drone task force wanted a single command-and-control layer, and Anduril’s leadership has lobbied for faster, consolidated buying.

Who lost out

Competing defense technology firms and traditional contractors were shut out of a pre-negotiated vehicle, and subcontractors lost their pass-through margins. The public bears the lock-in risk of homeland counter-drone defense running on one company’s proprietary software.

Why it matters

Together the Palantir and Anduril agreements give two politically connected firms up to $30 billion in potential Army business through 2036. Enterprise contracts save time. They also move the state’s technical capacity into private hands that are hard to replace and hard to oversee once embedded.

Sources U.S. Army (primary)Nextgov/FCW