descriptive claim
Anduril operates on a 'defense products company' procurement model --- self-funding development of working products prior to government purchase --- in contrast to the cost-plus contract model historically used by the five incumbent US defense primes.
desc_anduril_products_company_model
confidence 0.80
Evidence (1)
supports (1)
- weight0.80
locator: section on Pentagon procurement / 'the primes'
“The idea behind Anduril was to build not a defense contractor but a defense products company... You're putting in your own money. You're putting in your own time.”