Squirreled away in a non-descript office building in Kilmainham, you’ll find the base of Klas, the Irish-headquartered telecoms equipment maker that has just been taken over by the controversial US company Anduril. Klas builds tactical communication equipment for militaries and emergency services. It has quietly built up a substantial business over many years in the US, supplying equipment to the US military and other government bodies. On Monday, Anduril, a US defence tech company founded by colourful tech entrepreneur Palmer Luckey, that makes AI-powered military hardware, announced that it was acquiring Klas. Klas’s flagship products are sold under the Voyager…

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