1. Anduril Industries has faced multiple setbacks during testing of autonomous weapons systems, including drone boat failures, engine damage in an unmanned jet fighter test, and a fire caused by a counterdrone system test.
2. Despite raising $2.5 billion and winning military contracts for building autonomous aircraft and counter-drone systems, Anduril's only real battlefield experience in Ukraine has been problematic, with loitering drones crashing and failing to hit targets.
3. The Ukrainian forces stopped using the drones in 2024 and haven't fielded them since due to severe issues, but Anduril maintains that these challenges are typical of weapons development and that progress is being made. They also claim the aforementioned incidents do not indicate any underlying flaws in their technology.