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Anduril awarded Army contract to develop battle manager prototype for Indo-Pacific air and missile defense

Anduril says the U.S. Army awarded it a contract to develop a Battle Manager prototype—an integrated command-and-control platform intended to defend against air and missile threats across the Indo-Pacific theater. The work positions Anduril’s C2 approach within broader missile-defense prototyping efforts.

Discovered 2026-05-12T06:50:12.841980-07:00 | 2026-05-12T06:50:12.841980-07:00

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The award signals continued Army investment in integrated air-and-missile defense command-and-control prototyping, where sensor-to-shooter integration and rapid threat response are central to performance.
It adds to Anduril’s growing role across missile-defense concepts tied to the administration’s “Golden Dome” ecosystem, including prior space-based interceptor and software teaming efforts (source:48c2a4c4-8622-4e58-a78a-fa82b4484537, source:b6088265-f7b2-4fda-865b-03d5cbab2c23).
For prime contractors and systems integrators, it highlights demand for C2-centered architectures that can be adapted to different platforms and threat sets across Indo-Pacific deployments.

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