Anduril and GKN sign exclusive team to bid for UK Army 'loyal wingman' demonstrator

Anduril Industries UK and GKN Aerospace have signed an exclusive teaming agreement to pursue the British Army's £100 million Project NYX and the MOD's Land Autonomous Collaborative Platform programme, aiming to co-develop and build an autonomous 'loyal wingman' demonstrator on the Isle of Wight ahead of a 19 December RFT.

Discovered 2025-12-09T08:48:25.889194-08:00 | 2025-12-09T08:48:25.889194-08:00

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What Hype is tracking

  • The agreement targets the British Army's £100 million Project NYX (RFT due 19 December) and signals an intent to manufacture an Autonomous Collaborative Platform demonstrator on the Isle of Wight, important for procurement timelines and UK industrial participation.

  • Pairing a U.S. defence‑tech integrator with a UK airframe/manufacturing house brings commercial autonomy capability into Britain’s defence industrial base and follows Anduril's recent push into European programmes, including expanding operational roles in Poland (https://hype.aero/?story=b7b4947c-f16f-44cc-a4a2-61ee08fd14c9).

  • Programme risk and supplier assessment matter: recent reporting on Anduril includes a test crash during U.S. trials (https://hype.aero/?story=2fdba881-77d7-409b-a2a9-74cdaf500426) and internal documents detailing repeated system breakdowns (https://hype.aero/?story=ea747f41-111e-4925-99d2-8ae4ef760670), facts procurement teams will weigh when evaluating capability, schedule and sustainment.

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Bloomberg gknaerospace.com uasvision.com defenceonline.co.uk news.ssbcrack.com aero-defence.tech
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