ANDURIL INDUSTRIES, INC.
Department of Defense · SBIR
AI-Readiness Score
11/19
AI / ML Relevance
3/9
Problem Framing
3/5
Awardee Quality
5/5
Award
$22,989,936
Award amount
—
Award date
FA882024FB003
PIID
Awardee
98
Total awards
$911,222,109
Total $ won
10.2/19
Avg AI score
Description
SDANET SBIR III SINGLE AWARD IDIQ TASK ORDER FOR ANDURIL INDUSTRIES TO PERFORM ADDITIONAL FIELDING INTEGRATION OF LATTICED MESH NETWORK COMMUNICATIONS CAPABILITY TO SUPPORT WORLDWIDE SDANET CONNECTED SITES FOR DATA TO FLOW FROM INTEGRATED SENSORS.
Score Rationale
Anduril is a known AI-native defense startup (scoring 5 on awardee quality), but this specific award frames the core deliverable as mesh network communications infrastructure and fielding integration—not AI/ML development. The phrase 'data to flow from integrated sensors' suggests AI-adjacent infrastructure (sensor fusion inputs) rather than the AI system itself. Problem framing is moderately articulated (SDANET connected sites for data interoperability) but lacks specificity about operational outcomes or end-user constraints, placing it at 3.