Anduril and Qualcomm are unveiling a U.S.-made laptop for defense and government

Anduril and Qualcomm $QCOM unveiled BlueChip on Tuesday, a product line meant to rebuild U.S. computer manufacturing, starting with a laptop for government, defense, first responder and public safety customers.

Anduril already has working prototypes of the laptop and expects to open orders in 2027, the companies said. Qualcomm Technologies will provide its Snapdragon X $TWTR Series platform, which covers everyday computing tasks, graphics rendering and AI workloads run directly on the device. Circuit board assembly is planned for Anduril's Arsenal-1 facility in Ohio.

Components from U.S. and allied-country suppliers account for more than 90% of the prototypes' component procurement cost, the companies said. Anduril is working to expand domestic component production before the planned 2027 availability. The long-term goal is a fully domestic supply chain.

"Decades of offshoring have left America dependent on foreign manufacturers for the computers and components that power everything from personal devices to critical government infrastructure," the companies said in a statement, according to Bloomberg. "This dependence creates a national security vulnerability."

BlueChip will take a phased approach, the companies said, beginning with expanded domestic sourcing and manufacturing and moving toward ending reliance on foreign suppliers. Designs and supplier relationships built for the first laptop will support later BlueChip products. Organizations can register interest at anduril.com/bluechip.

Anduril founder Palmer Luckey said the laptop will cost more than a comparable machine made in China, according to Bloomberg. "In the near term, this is going to be more expensive than a laptop made in China," Luckey said. "I am very optimistic about the long run that we're going to be able to make computers here in America that are just as competitive." He would not share any goals for how many units will be built, according to Bloomberg.

The first BlueChip product is set to be a ruggedized laptop engineered to survive tough physical conditions, according to TechCrunch. Anduril has not announced pricing, but Luckey estimated the premium over standard top-tier PCs at roughly 20%, according to TechCrunch.

Luckey said Anduril still has agreements to sign with some of its component suppliers, according to TechCrunch. He said Anduril has located a U.S. source for the cover glass over the display, yet the display panel itself remains one of several components that are currently made only in China, according to TechCrunch.

Luckey said the machine is meant to give federal agencies a computer that satisfies rules obligating them to purchase American-made products, paired with a supply chain whose path buyers can trace and verify, according to TechCrunch. He said Anduril is also putting effort into compatibility, so the Arm-based laptop can handle Windows applications and the Linux-based programs that government users depend on, according to TechCrunch.