Anduril Australia headcount hits 250, expects ‘hundreds more’ hires
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The news: Anduril Australia now has more than 250 staff, with CEO David Goodrich telling Capital Brief he expects to hire “hundreds more” to support its $1.7 billion contract to supply autonomous submarines to the Australian Navy and other activity.
The context: Speaking to Capital Brief on the sidelines of the UBS Australasia Conference, Goodrich said the company is on a “massive growth curve” off the back of its roughly $1.7 billion contract to deliver dozens of its Ghost Shark autonomous submarines over five years.
On a panel, Goodrich said that staff levels had hit more than 250 of which 28% are military veterans. Anduril Australia has previously flagged that its expanded manufacturing facility in Sydney would support an additional 150 new high-skilled jobs.
In July, prior to the start of its Ghost Shark production contract, Anduril said it expected to grow by 50% to over 200 by the end of the year.
Anduril is also delivering a $30 million counterdrone detection system demonstration at the Royal Australian Air Force base in Darwin.
Goodrich also flagged that the company is “engaging with all of the Defence domains, and we have ongoing conversations with Defence across them all”.
This includes discussions around its Eagle Eye militarised mixed-reality headsets and a tender bid to establish a manufacturing facility for solid rocket motors that propel guided missiles and some drones.
The sources: UBS Australasia conference, Anduril media release
