DHS Names Ex-Anduril Official Overseeing Biometrics Program

Antoine McCord was appointed in March 2025 as DHS chief information officer and chief artificial intelligence officer, and an ethics disclosure shows he worked at Anduril Industries from August 2022 until days before the appointment and still holds $250,000–$500,000 in stock. ProPublica published the disclosure, raising conflict-of-interest concerns as Anduril expands border surveillance contracts worth hundreds of millions.