Anduril's $61B valuation: what doubling in a year signals for the drone-autonomy industry

Anduril's May 2026 raise — $5 billion at a $61 billion valuation, double its worth eleven months earlier — is less a finance story than a bet on autonomous airpower at scale. For the drone industry it signals that capital now flows to whoever can mass-produce uncrewed systems, not just design them.