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US firm gets $2.9bn sub deal after boss joins war study with Musk

Written and edited by the WorldPing NewsdeskPublished Updated Original reporting: Al Jazeera

What happened

Anduril said it would invest $3.7bn to develop shipyard that would build submarine parts.

Key facts

  • Anduril said it would invest $3.7bn to develop shipyard that would build submarine parts.
  • Reported by Al Jazeera and published Tue, 06 Oct 2026 21:11:39 UTC.

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  1. French policeman charged after firing tear gas grenade at high school student

  2. Anduril lands $2.9 billion Navy submarine shipyard contract days after Luckey joins Pentagon weapons group

  3. Cancer rates rising faster among younger people, international study finds

  4. US firm gets $2.9bn sub deal after boss joins war study with Musk

  5. Tokyo protests US military presence after Okinawa killing

  6. US death row inmate Christa Pike awake and speaking after failed execution, lawyers say

  7. Richard Morecroft, veteran ABC news presenter, dies aged 70 after cancer diagnosis

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