The United States Department of Defense has awarded Anduril Industries $43.7 million in fresh funding to expand US-based solid rocket motor manufacturing, a segment widely viewed as a chokepoint in the weapons production ecosystem.
The allocation builds on a prior $14.3 million investment from the Pentagon in late 2024 and complements Anduril’s earlier $75 million private commitment. Collectively, the funding package is designed to accelerate SRM production capacity as missile and precision munition requirements continue to climb.
Solid rocket motors underpin numerous defense systems, including air defense missiles and battlefield munitions. Officials have repeatedly cited limited SRM capacity as a strategic vulnerability, particularly as the United States moves to replenish depleted stockpiles and prepare for sustained, high-tempo operations.
Issued through the Defense Production Act Title III authority, the funding supports domestic industrial expansion in areas deemed essential to national security. The program has recently targeted missile systems, advanced materials, and semiconductor supply chains.
Under the latest award, Anduril will upgrade testing infrastructure, increase storage capabilities, and expand tooling at its Mississippi facility, which entered full-rate production in August 2025 as the country’s third SRM producer. Since its initial DPA backing, the company has also won a European tactical air defense production contract and been chosen by Saab AB to supply propulsion for the Ground-Launched Small Diameter Bomb.
