WASHINGTON, March 11 (Reuters) – Anduril Industries on Wednesday said it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire ExoAnalytic Solutions, \u200ca national security company specializing in space sensing and awareness \u200cand missile defense.<\/p>\n
The purchase comes as defense technology firm positions itself for a role \u200bin President Donald Trump’s Golden Dome missile defense project, an initiative to build a space-based shield capable of intercepting ballistic, cruise and hypersonic missiles.<\/p>\n
Hundreds of companies are vying for a role in developing Golden \u200cDome. Anduril was among \u2060companies that received smaller contracts for space-based interceptors awarded in late November.<\/p>\n
ExoAnalytic grew from missile defense algorithms to \u2060building a global telescope network that tracks thousands of objects in orbit.<\/p>\n
The company owns and operates more than 400 telescope systems deployed worldwide, \u200bgiving it \u200bwhat Anduril described as persistent, high-fidelity \u200bawareness of deep space at \u200ca global scale.<\/p>\n
ExoAnalytic is also a leader in modeling and simulation for classified national security space programs and provides software and expertise for missile warning and missile defense.<\/p>\n
Gokul Subramanian, Anduril’s senior vice president of engineering, said the deal would supercharge the company’s ambitions.<\/p>\n
“We expect \u200cthis acquisition to enable us to tap \u200binto those capabilities more and more,” \u200bhe told reporters, adding that \u200bthe combined entity would advance Anduril’s work in \u200cspace sensing, tracking, battle management and \u200bfire control.<\/p>\n
The acquisition, \u200bAnduril’s first under its space business unit and its 11th overall, would integrate ExoAnalytic’s global sensor network and data analytics with \u200bAnduril’s expertise in \u200cautonomy and command and control.<\/p>\n
Terms of the deal were not \u200bdisclosed.<\/p>\n
The deal remains subject to regulatory approvals.<\/p>\n
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