Anduril and the New Defense Industry

A reading path on how Anduril's border surveillance contracts and overseas manufacturing plans reflect a wider move toward commercialized, globalized, and privately built defense technology.

Optimized for books about Understand how companies like Anduril are industrializing and globalizing defense tech, from autonomous border surveillance to private weapons manufacturing..

6 books. Added June 15, 2026.

  1. The Kill ChainChristian BroseChristian Brose explains how new technologies and private firms are reshaping US military doctrine and procurement,...Shelf signal: Military Policy & Defense
  2. The Pentagon's BrainAnnie Jacobsen, Little, Brown & CompanyAnnie Jacobsen’s history of DARPA situates the institutional and technological lineage that feeds modern defense...Shelf signal: U.S. Military History
  3. The Age of Surveillance CapitalismShoshana Zuboff, PublicAffairsShoshana Zuboff’s analysis of corporate surveillance helps readers evaluate privacy and civil liberties risks from...Shelf signal: Privacy & Surveillance
  4. The Titanium EconomyAsutosh Padhi, Gaurav BatraThe Titanium Economy examines manufacturing capacity and how industrial policy shapes high-tech production, relevant to...Shelf signal: Manufacturing Industry
  5. The Wires of WarJacob HelbergJacob Helberg connects tech industry practices and geopolitical cyber tensions, useful for understanding private...Shelf signal: Science & Tech Policy
  6. FutureproofMike Chamberlain, Kevin RooseMike Chamberlain and Kevin Roose’s Futureproof offers practical context on social and political effects of pervasive...Shelf signal: AI & Machine Learning