Defense Department, Anduril to build missiles in Pickaway County

The US Army Is Buying New ‘Barracuda’ Cruise Missiles—Here’s Why

A Barracuda 500 missile on display at an arms expo in Singapore in February 2026. Anduril, which manufactures the missiles, is now under contract to deliver 3,000 of them to the US Army within the next three years. (Shutterstock/Allora Empire Art) Topic: Air Warfare Blog Brand: The Buzz Region: North America Tags: Anduril, Barracuda Cruise Missile, Missiles, United States, and US Army The US Army Is Buying New ‘Barracuda’ Cruise Missiles—H…

The Pentagon Is Buying 10,000 Cruise Missiles Fired from ‘Containers’ — And Lockheed Martin Is Not on The List

The Pentagon is dramatically expanding its missile procurement strategy as planners increasingly warn that future wars against countries like China could rapidly exhaust America’s existing stockpiles of precision weapons – a problem that was recently seen in the weeks-long operations against Iran as part of Operation Epic Fury. Under a new initiative announced this week, the Defense Department signed framework agreements with defense firms inclu…

Defense Department, Anduril to build missiles in Pickaway County

Department of War Partners with Anduril Industries to Hyper-Scale Low-Cost 'Barracuda-500M' Cruise Missiles

WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a significant shift from traditional military procurement, the U.S. Department of War (DoW) announced a sweeping framework agreement with defense tech contractor Anduril Industries to rapidly mass-produce the Surface-Launched Barracuda-500M (SLB-500M), a low-cost, long-range cruise missile system. The multi-year deal, brokered through the Office of the Undersecretary of War for Research […] The post Department of War Partne…

Anduril will build missiles in central Ohio. The federal government just ordered 3,000 of them.

PICKAWAY COUNTY, Ohio – The autonomous weapons company moving into central Ohio just signed a deal to mass-produce cruise missiles. Anduril Industries — the autonomous weapons and artificial intelligence defense company founded by Palmer Luckey — has signed a framework agreement with the U.S. Department of War to produce a minimum of 3,000 surface-launched cruise missiles over three years, with production ultimately shifting to a nearly $1 billi…