More on Anduril's EagleEye helmet as per the above posts.
Over the weekend I watched the BrainChip Technology Roadmap presentation again. There was quite a lot of information that I hadn't really registered or fully appreciated upon my first preview of it.
25.36 mins - Jonathan Tapson discussing Akida 3.0
"So this is an outcome that we've actually proposed to the US defense industry and there's a very high probability of us getting a very positive outcome there. So every soldier now wears a headset and it includes a radio and basic hearing protection. And we actually want to take that headset to the next level. So the things we can already do; we can clear up speech and noise extremely well and we can already answer simple questions, so questions like I have a casualty who is bleeding form the head - what do I do? It's very useful if the soldier can just say that into the headset and get some kind of helpful answer straight away. Or how do I get this vehicle that I've never driven before into gear and moving. It's able to actually give those kind of responses. AND WE HAVE THOSE PARTS WORKING ON FPGA FOR DEMONSTRATION ALREADY."
So, the parts were already working on FPGA for demonstration and the slide from the presentation shows that AKD 3 FPGA is due Q2 2026.
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Bearing this timing in mind, this Defense Scoop article (see below) says " Anduril Industries will deliver roughly 100 units of its new AI-powered helmet and digitally-enhanced eyewear system — EagleEye — to select U.S. Army personnel
during the second quarter of the upcoming calendar year, the company’s founder told reporters."
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Seems like 100 units would be samples only, like a small engineering run which would be typically used to evaluate new sensor, compute or firmware combinations.
So, my point being, the Akida 3.0 FPGA parts are working for demonstration right now, and the Akida-3 FPGA due date aligns with the Q2 2026 outlined for the delivery of Anduril's samples.
Is this just remarkably co-incidental timing or something else?
Sounds like perfect timing for a funded prototype that feeds into a 2026–27 soldier evaluation followed by production if tests succeed.
Still speculation at this stage obviously, as BrainChip hasn't been public named as a partner, but Luckey told reporters reporters that Anduril "plans to announce more partners over the next year". So, we'll just have to keep an eye out for any new announcements to see if anything solid is confirmed.