Anduril unveils Thunder autonomous helicopter strike drone as its valuation hits $61 billion. Here's what defense tech's rise means for crypto investors.

The defense firm unveiled work on an autonomous tiltrotor just weeks after winning Air Force’s CCA contract.

The company describes Thunder as a fully autonomous armed reconnaissance tiltrotor aircraft developed from lessons learned from the company’s Fury aircraft.

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Anduril unveils Thunder autonomous helicopter strike drone as its valuation hits $61 billion. Here's what defense tech's rise means for crypto investors.

Anduril's autonomous attack rotorcraft, dubbed Thunder, is designed to operate with current and next-generation crewed attack helicopter platforms.

Anduril and Archer showed Thunder at Farnborough, a Group 5 autonomous attack VTOL built on a dual-use platform. It uses hybrid-electric propulsion and tiltrotors.

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