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Anduril and Qualcomm unveiled BlueChip, a rugged laptop for government and defense buyers. More than 90% of what its parts cost goes to US and allied suppliers, but the display panel still comes only from China.
BlueChip runs on Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X chips, which TSMC will make in Arizona.
Anduril will assemble the circuit boards at its Arsenal-1 plant in Ohio.
The details
The 90% measures spending. Anduril has not published where each part comes from.
The company plans to reach 100% domestic over time.
It has not signed contracts with every supplier yet.
Only China makes the display panel today. Anduril has a US supplier for the cover glass and is developing a way to bond it to the panel.
The design follows US suppliers. Anduril built the enclosure for US machining and picked metals US plants can make at scale. The battery uses existing US battery technology. Across the industry, circuit boards, displays and batteries are still largely made overseas.
BlueChip will cost more. It should cost about 20% more than a typical high-end PC. No government subsidy or contract backs it, so the two companies are paying for the work themselves.
“This is aimed squarely at the defense side of things,” founder Palmer Luckey said.
What’s next
Full-rate production starts in 2027, when orders open. Buyers can register interest on Anduril’s site.
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