Anduril competed against legacy defense primes including Boeing, Northrop Grumman, and Lockheed Martin for the Fury fighter program contract and was ultimately selected over all of them, representing a victory for the startup model over established contractors.

Autonomy in military context enables strategic options that would be unethical with human casualties—because you can use autonomous platforms as expendable pawns on the board rather than sacrificing human lives.

Ghost drones have been briefed to government customers who have indicated they are not concerned about optical camouflage because they face adversaries (Russia, China, Iran) with advanced technology, not adversaries with only naked eyes.