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$41,865,736

Department of Homeland Security·U.S. Customs and Border Protection

to ANDURIL INDUSTRIES, INC.

justiceactiveONGOING · MOD OF 2025 CONTRACT
WORK BEGAN2025-08-01·LATEST ACTION2026-04-27·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDCONT_AWD_70B02C25F00000422_7014_70B02C20D00000019_7014
Award description

S1 APPROVED AWARD FOR DELIVERY ORDER 18

Verbatim from USAspending.gov. Capitalization, abbreviations, and codes are unchanged.

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What the model surfaced from this award

Confidence: high
In plain English

Funding the 18th phase of Anduril's autonomous border surveillance program, which began in August 2025.

Sub-sectors
border-securityautonomous-systemscbp-procurement
Why this matters

Signals CBP's shift toward autonomous surveillance technology, part of broader government modernization and autonomy capability building.

Supply-chain signal

Indicates CBP demand for autonomous systems integration, affecting suppliers of AI/ML platforms, sensors, and drone technology.

U.S.–China competition angle

Part of U.S. investment in indigenous autonomous systems capability, a strategic technology competition area with China.

Generated by award_classification v2.1.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-06-12. Cost: $0.013473.

Period of performance
Start
2025-08-01
End
2027-06-30
Status
activein 365 days
Sources

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