Palmer Lackey, founder of Anduril Industries, speaks to Bloomberg Tech at Anduril headquarters in Costa Mesa, California, on October 10, 2025.
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Anduril has acquired missile tracking and intelligence company ExoAnalytic Solutions to expand its reach into U.S. defense interests in space, the company announced Wednesday.
Through the acquisition, Anduril plans to mobilize ExoAnalytic’s extensive network of telescopes and missile defense trackers to collect data that will improve ground and satellite capabilities.
Gokul Subramanian, Anduril’s senior vice president of software program engineering, said the defense technology company aims to increase the Department of Defense’s profile in space as it becomes a “warfighting domain.”
“We believe (the Department of Defense) deserves the best catalog of everything happening in space across commercial and government-specific investments,” he told reporters. “We want to be part of the solution for warfighters.”
President Donald Trump is pushing for a $175 billion defense system to protect the United States from missile threats and rebuild aging U.S. military systems.
Defense technology companies such as Anduril are expanding their capabilities to win future contracts for a vast project called the Golden Dome, where tracking systems and satellite data will play a central role.
Founded in 2017 by Oculus developer Palmer Lackey, Anduril has steadily expanded its portfolio of space and satellite defense capabilities beyond its widely recognized autonomous drone technology. This is the company’s first acquisition in the space business.
The company is also helping the U.S. Army build out its $22 billion augmented reality headset program.
Media outlets reported this month that Anduril was in talks to raise billions of dollars and double its valuation. Anduril last raised $2.5 billion in June at a valuation of $30.5 billion.
