Anduril Industries, best known for its AI-powered autonomous systems and the Lattice software, has officially expanded its operations to Japan.
It has established an office in Tokyo, headed by Patrick Hollen, who formerly worked for Raytheon and served as a US Missile Defense Agency Senior Advisor and US Navy Asia-Pacific Advisory Group Director.
Anduril said that it is focused on a “collaborative partnership” to support the Japanese government’s five-year defense modernization plan set to begin in 2027.
It also plans to tap existing industrial facilities for defense production while building advanced software and AI capabilities through partnerships with leading universities in Japan.
The development forms part of the defense company’s expansion into the Asia-Pacific region, where, in August, it opened offices in South Korea and in Taiwan.
Anduril in Japan
Anduril’s expansion into Japan will focus on four strategic areas.
First, Anduril aims to develop networked, software-defined command-and-control systems that can adapt in real time to bolster Japan’s integrated air and missile defense.
To meet rapidly changing threat environments and counter inexpensive drone systems, the American defense firm plans to develop cost-effective, scalable strike platforms built around commercial and dual-use technologies with modular designs.
It is also looking into autonomous maritime technologies — from large, uncrewed systems to AI-supported sensing networks — to strengthen Tokyo’s maritime defense capabilities.
Finally, human–machine teaming will let operators work with autonomous systems to control larger, smarter forces, and Anduril’s AI and digital technologies are helping make that possible.
“Our goal is to become part of Japan’s industrial fabric,” said Hollen.
“We want Anduril Japan to be a place where Japan’s best engineers, designers and scientists see national service as a form of innovation — where technology and purpose come together.”
