# Hutzell: Anduril’s coming to Maryland

> Trump pledges $6.6 billion shipyard for Maryland submarine production.
- Title: Hutzell: Anduril’s coming to Maryland · The Banner | Shortify
- Summary: Trump pledges $6.6 billion shipyard for Maryland submarine production. President Trump announced Anduril Industries will build a $6.6 billion submarine…
- Keywords: anduril, baltimore, maryland, president trump, submarine shipyard, arsenal-2, tradepoint atlantic, palmer luckey, us navy, federal contracts, news, local
- Source: The Banner — https://thebanner.com/opinion/column/trump-anduril-palmer-luckey-tradepoint-atlantic-LUYPZQD2LJCXLIXAA6GP34BD4Q
- Author: Rick Hutzell
- Published: 2026-10-11T09:30:00+00:00
- Read time: 1 min
- Topics: anduril, baltimore, maryland, president trump, submarine shipyard, arsenal-2, tradepoint atlantic, palmer luckey, us navy, federal contracts, news, local
## Anduril’s Maryland shipyard
President Trump confirmed the Navy will help Anduril Industries build a $6.6 billion shipyard in Baltimore Harbor.

> Right here in Sparrows Point, you’ll build the next generation of American submarines, including autonomous subs, torpedo tubes and critical components for our cutting-edge Virginia-class attack submarines, the greatest and quietest ever built
## Economic impact
Arsenal-2 will create 14,000 construction jobs and $312 million in wages for Maryland.

> An estimated $2 billion will energize the Baltimore region’s economy
## Trump’s speech
Trump promised a 'golden age of shipbuilding' at Tradepoint Atlantic with Anduril.

> Now, with the men and women of Anduril, the workers of Maryland and the warriors of the U.S. Navy, which is just a special, special group, this place will roar with the sound of high-tech manufacturing building ships and submarines that will be feared by our enemies all over the world
## Cognitive dissonance
Trump’s economic promises clash with his history of job losses and policy rollbacks in Maryland.

> It’s the tension I feel as my values clash with this new information
## Anduril’s background
Palmer Luckey founded Anduril after selling Oculus VR to Facebook for $2 billion.

> A self-taught 'boy genius,' he built early virtual reality headsets
## Political ties
Luckey donated $5.9 million to Republican causes and Trump’s campaigns.

> He donated to both Trump campaigns and, since starting Anduril in 2017, has contributed $5.9 million to Republican causes and candidates
## Defense contracts
Trump administration awarded Anduril defense contracts worth up to $1.5 billion.

> The Trump administration has awarded Anduril defense and homeland security contracts potentially worth up to $1.5 billion
## Project Meridian
Luckey named to Pentagon’s Project Meridian with Elon Musk and Newt Gingrich.

> Luckey also was named to Project Meridian, a 120-day Pentagon study on future warfare, with Elon Musk and, strangely, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich
## Cyborg warriors
Anduril launched campaign for 'cyborg warriors for freedom' with signs in Baltimore.

> Who Dares Strike at Liberty? shone from electronic signs in Baltimore on Tuesday
## State response
Maryland will cover 13% of Anduril’s cost and build workforce training center.

> Maryland will kick in 13% of Anduril’s cost, build a workforce training center and ask for federal tax and regulatory relief
## Political conflict
Trump rebuffed Governor Moore over state’s role in shipyard project.

> He rebuffed Moore because the Democratic governor wanted to put his stamp on a boon for Maryland
## Key takeaway

President Trump announced Anduril Industries will build a $6.6 billion submarine shipyard in Baltimore, creating 14,000 jobs and $312 million in wages.