Michael Obadal, a senior director at Anduril Industries, has been nominated by President Trump to become the No. 2 civilian official in the U.S. Army.
The White House said today that Obadal’s nomination to be the Under Secretary of the Army was sent to the Senate for confirmation.
Obadal, an Army veteran, has served as senior director at Costa Mesa-based Anduril since January 2023.
Anduril has a growing number of contracts with the Department of Defense.
The company said last month it plans to take over control of a high-tech battlefield vision, communications and orientation program from Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT), a U.S. Army project reportedly worth $22 billion over 10 years.
