Anduril to Build New Submarine Component Facility

Defense technology company Anduril will build a new facility in Maryland focused on submarine component construction for the U.S. Navy’s attack boats, according to a Tuesday announcement. While Anduril will start with components like torpedo tubes, the company wants to work toward building submarine modules and eventually entire sections of the hull, an industry official told reporters. “The very aspirational goal, kind of off in the future, is to be able to produce full ship sections, you know, bows, sterns, etc,” the official said during a Tuesday call. “Again, Anduril is not going to be producing entire submarines. That’s not