Stop the World Anduril CEO Brian Schimpf on how to make defence faster, cheaper and better
Nov 7, 2025
Brian Schimpf, CEO and co-founder of Anduril Industries, dives into the future of defense innovation. He emphasizes creating scalable, affordable autonomous systems like the Ghost Shark unmanned submarine. The discussion touches on the strategic implications of Ukraine and Taiwan for deterrence and industrial capacity. Schimpf also highlights the importance of aligning defense with liberal democracies and the evolving tech industry's role in national security. The conversation wraps up with thoughts on human-AI collaboration and the need for accountability in defense technology.
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Design For Mass Production
- Designing systems for mass producibility beats pursuing technical exquisiteness that can't scale.
- Use commercial supply chains and design choices to enable rapid, high-volume production.
Industry Often Wins Wars
- Industrial capacity determines outcomes in protracted state-on-state wars more than technical edge.
- Sustained production and political will are core to deterrence and long-term resilience.
Secure Upstream Supply Chains
- Adopt whole-of-government strategies to secure upstream critical materials like rare earths.
- Build allied mutual-assurance and alternative supply lines to reduce strategic choke points.