Palmer Luckey

They decide what programs are going to get allocation.

They decide which ones are going to get killed.

And so if Congress believes that something is important, you're probably going to do better than if it's something that they think is a waste of time or the pet project of some billionaire.

That's just the way that it is.

This is one of those things where perception is reality.

If they think it's not important, I have to act as if it isn't or try to persuade them otherwise.

I can't just go out and build a Batmobile and say, hey, I built a Batmobile.

Check out how sick it is.

You guys should fund this.

That happens from time to time, but those are the exceptions that prove the rule.

And then the third thing is it has to be something we can do well.

I know that sounds obvious, but doing well often means can we reuse things we already have?

Can we move fast?

Is it something we can do without totally reorienting our whole business?

Those are going to be the most attractive things.

And then finally, the last category is other people have to be doing a bad job.

I don't want to spend our money rebuilding things that other companies are already doing well just because I think that I could do slightly better or that I could just make money in that area in a vacuum.

This is probably the least rational part of the process.

Could Anduril make a lot of money making small tactical quadcopters for surveillance?

Things like the short-range reconnaissance drone going on US infantry?