Emails reveal Palmer Luckey’s political fundraising as his company wins sole-source contracts

Anduril, launched just nine years ago, has emerged as a major military contractor for the Trump administration, working on contracts for everything from drones to autonomous jet fighters to space-based interceptors. 

In March, the US army awarded a $20bn sole-source contract to Anduril for a variety of drones it sells, though it is not clear which of its weapons systems are operational or have been deployed for combat in US operations. 

Anduril, though it is not widely known as a space contractor, announced in May it would work, with a team of other companies, on what may be the mother of all contracting opportunities offered by the Trump administration, the so-called “Golden Dome” anti-missile space-based interceptor effort. Estimates for the Golden Dome range between $185bn and $1.2tn...

 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/06/exclusive-palmer-luckey-political-fundraising

 

Trump's 'Golden Dome' estimated to cost $1.2 trillion, far more than initially said | PBS News

Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-OR, who requested the estimate from the CBO, said in response to the report that the missile defense project is "nothing more than a massive giveaway to defense contractors paid for entirely by working Americans." 

Last May, the president said the Golden Dome would cost $175 billion. The CBO last year estimated that just the space-based components of the Golden Dome could cost as much as $542 billion over the next 20 years...

 https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/trumps-golden-dome-estimated-to-cost-1-2-trillion-far-more-than-initially-said