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Border towers: delivery order 18 Copy link
An order for Customs and Border Protection (delivery order 18), under the 2020 border-tower contract (70B02C20D00000019); recorded as competed after exclusion of sources. USAspending shows $42,066,939.56 obligated.
Awarded to Anduril by U.S. Customs and Border Protection
Tie Luckey founded Anduril with Trae Stephens, its executive chairman. He gave $200,000 to the Trump 47 Committee, a Trump joint fundraising committee, in June 2024, FEC filings show, and Fortune put his donations to Trump's 2024 campaign at $400,000. Trump's team consulted Stephens on reshaping the military after the election, Bloomberg reported.
This order falls under a contract signed before the 2024 election; the order itself was signed after it.
- RecordUSAspending.gov · Award 70B02C25F00000422 to Anduril Industries, Inc. · 01 Aug 2025
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- ReportFortune (Bloomberg) · Anduril’s chair consulted with Trump on revamping US military · 16 Nov 2024 · Archived
- RecordFederal Election Commission · Trump 47 Committee (C00867937) receipt from Palmer Luckey, Anduril Industries · 28 Jun 2024
$42.1MNot counted
Donor & allyTrump donor and longtime supporter. Founder, Anduril Industries
$1.1B counted by default · 17 line items
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Follow the Grift, “Border towers: delivery order 18,” line item for Palmer Luckey, https://followthegrift.com/items/luckey-anduril-70b02c25f00000422/ (added 31 Oct 2026; accessed 01 Nov 2026).
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