00:00Defense startup Anderil has secured a Navy contract worth up to $2.9 billion
00:05to help expand submarine production. The award comes just days after founder Palmer Luckey
00:11was named to a Pentagon task force focused on future weapons, while Anderil is separately
00:17investing $3.7 billion in a new Maryland shipyard. The planned facility is expected to produce
00:24components for Virginia-class submarines and create roughly 3,100 jobs. The deal puts
00:30Anderil deeper into the Pentagon's push to expand America's shipbuilding capacity.