Backed by Thiel, Palmer Luckey (founder of Anduril) and Joe Lonsdale (co-founder of Palantir), Erebor aims to be a new ...

Anduril – which is named after the sword of Aragorn in The Lord of the Rings and means “flame of the west” – was backed early on by Peter Thiel, the controversial PayPal founder and Trump ...

The weapon – known as “Anduril” – inspired the name of the billionaire’s insurgent defence technology company.Translated from the fictional language Elvish, it means “Flame of the West”.

Andúril, meanwhile, is the name of Aragorn's gigantic sword, reforged from the shards of Narsil and also referred to as the "Flame of the West." Which, given the context, seems somewhat ...

Anduril—named after a sword from Lord of the Rings meaning “flame of the west”—has gained a reputation as a disruptor in the defense sector.