Defense Firm Onshores Laptops

Anduril announced 'BlueChip,' a project with Qualcomm to produce a laptop with a Snapdragon system‑on‑chip and an ambition for a fully U.S. supply chain, with a first device slated for April 2027. The company frames this as end‑to‑end domestic sourcing — from mined metals to batteries and milling — built in the U.S. rather than just designed here. — If replicated, corporate‑led onshoring of consumer computing hardware signals a new phase in industrial policy where private defense and tech firms build domestic manufacturing capacity to manage geopolitical and regulatory risk.