Modernising the British military is a deliberate and urgent endeavour. Its success hinges not on grand announcements, but on the sustained, focused work of our technologists—the days and months spent immersed in complex challenges, rigorously testing new solutions, and reimagining how to rapidly generate combat power. Here in Wales, we are advancing that very frontier, building a sovereign testbed for globally competitive autonomous systems.
At our Welsh facility, Anduril UK evaluates a suite of AI-powered platforms, relentlessly pushing the boundaries of reconnaissance, command, and targeting. These systems are designed domestically, ensuring they meet our nation’s specific operational needs. Right now, sovereign capabilities are being trialled in our skies, with our engineers analysing every data point. Each test is about solving problems at home, so our platforms deliver uncompromising performance for the warfighter on distant operations.
Every evaluation feeds our core mission: strengthening national defence. We have directed over 40% of our revenue and capital into R&D, with millions invested specifically into the strategically vital autonomy sector. We see a generational opportunity here—to enhance sovereign protection, create high-skilled lasting jobs, and stimulate economic growth. But this potential can only be unlocked through sustained, deliberate investment.
The conflict in Ukraine has underscored a stark lesson: the UK must solidify and accelerate domestic mass production of advanced defence capabilities. This demands more than just brilliant prototypes; it requires building the industrial engine and workforce to produce them at scale. Anduril UK is growing rapidly, approaching 100 highly skilled employees, with plans to expand significantly through investment in both capacity and people.
Yet, this task is too vast for any single entity. We are one component of a burgeoning national ecosystem, poised to create thousands of quality jobs. We seek active partnership across this landscape—with primes, SMEs, and academia—to multiply our shared strength.
The UK is a global technology leader, home to world-class professionals eager to contribute to missions of consequence. We are committed to engaging the best engineers on the hardest problems, sharpening our nation’s technological edge.
The threats we face will not pause. To maximise our defence, we require a new fleet of autonomous systems that are more agile, precise, and producible than those of our adversaries. The path is clear: they must be designed by British talent, constructed in British factories, and tested in British skies. This endeavour begins with test engineers in Wales, but it extends across the nation—through key infrastructure, laboratories, and resilient supply chains.
It is through this united effort that we can secure a future of peace and prosperity. To defend British interests, Anduril UK stands ready.
