Anduril has also launched a site analysis company ExoAnalytic Solutions

The first step to fighting in space is to know what is happening thousands of kilometers above the earth. To that end, security technology giant Anduril is buying the commercial company ExoAnalytic Solutions.

ExoAnalytic operates a network of 400 telescopes around the world, which are used to track aircraft in space above the Earth. The company’s engineers develop software that converts the data into action-detection tools for U.S. defense agencies that track enemy air defenses and coordinate American assets along the way.

“This is a company that we have been working with for the past few years on several programs, and they are experts in aerospace and missile defense,” Anduril VP of engineering Gokul Subramanian told reporters. “We believe that (the Department of Defense) is the one that should have the best inventory of everything that’s going on in space.”

The privately held companies did not disclose the transaction. Anduril is in the process of raising $4 billion from investors Thrive Capital and Andreessen Horowitz, Reuters. report last week.

ExoAnalytics will be integrated directly into Anduril, not run as a separate component, although Subramanian said it will continue to serve existing and future customers. Currently, Anduril has 120 employees focused on space safety, a number that will continue to double with the addition of 130 ExoAnalytics employees.

The company’s technology could help Anduril win government contracts supporting the Golden Dome, the anti-missile defense system that the US Congress gave billions of dollars to build. The system is expected to integrate thousands of missiles to track and control enemy missiles, and maintaining real-time information and communication between them will be very high.

Anduril plans to launch three spacecraft this year as R&D projects supported by internal funds that will be based on the proceeds of the acquisition. Subramanian said ExoAnalytic’s spatial planning knowledge will be used in an infrared tracking satellite planned for launch this year in partnership with Apex Space. The space tracking data will be used for two high-altitude missions that are expected to be launched this year in collaboration with Impulse Space and Argo Space, respectively.

There is another side to the acquisition – ExoAnalytic’s machine vision algorithms designed to detect satellites in orbit are also useful for intruders trying to track and threaten incoming data. Anduril received a contract from the Pentagon at the end of 2025 to begin the development of an intercontinental ballistic missile.

ExoAnalytic was founded in 2008 to adapt missile defense sensor technology to monitor orbiting aircraft after the U.S. military called for new and better ways to understand what’s happening in space, CEO Doug Hendrix said in 2024. The company’s early growth was supported by grants and contracts from the federal government, including $26 million in SBIR grants since 2010.

US Space Force officials have expressed concern about Chinese and Russian aircraft flying close to American and European satellites, where they could disrupt communications or damage satellites with electronics or other equipment.

“Two years ago, (the US commander in the Pacific told me) that ships cannot leave the port without a safe place,” Subramanian said. “We’ve been working for the last few years to figure out how we can be part of the solution.”