Autonomous weapons and systems company Anduril has announced a plan to build a massive manufacturing facility in Ohio

Defense manufacturing company Anduril has announced plans to build a massive facility in Buckeye StateHe promised that the site would be able to quickly pump out products to the United States and its allies.

Some of Defense company products These include autonomous aircraft and underwater vehicles.

“Anduril, a leader in autonomous systems and weapons manufacturing, today announced that it has selected Columbus, Ohio, as the site of Arsenal-1, its first large-scale manufacturing facility,” the company announced in a post on its website.

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“Arsenal-1 will redefine the scale and speed at which autonomous systems and weapons can be produced for the United States and its allies and partners. This is a massive and essential step toward rebuilding the American defense industrial base, strengthening American warfighting capabilities, and strengthening deterrence.” Amidst increasing international threats,” Anduril continued.

The company indicated that it is investing approximately one billion dollars of its own funds in the project.

Site location next to Rickenbacker Airport It allows access to two 12,000-foot runways, according to Anduril.

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“At full scale, the facility will span 5 million square feet and produce tens of thousands of military systems annually. Looking to the future, with more than 500 acres available for future expansion, Arsenal-1 is poised for long-term scalability and will manufacture Most of Anduril’s weapons, sensors and autonomous systems are being produced at full production.

“Pending approvals, construction of the facility will begin immediately and the first products will be manufactured starting in July 2026,” Anduril noted.

The company already has facilities across the United States, and a factory in Australia.

“Arsenal-1 in Ohio will join other Anduril plants including our solid rocket motor plant in Mississippi, robotic submarine facility in Rhode Island, effects plant launched in Georgia, XL-AUV plant in Australia and production facilities in California.” The organization noted.

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Anduril Palmer founder Luckey is “the designer of Oculus Rift, a head-mounted virtual reality display, and the founder of Oculus VR, which was acquired by Facebook in 2014 for $2.3 billion,” according to his biography on the company’s website.

The company emphasizes the importance of software.

Anduril’s website asserts that “the next generation of military technology will depend less on advances in shipbuilding and aircraft design than on advances in software engineering and computing.” “Unlike traditional defense contractors that focus primarily on hardware, Anduril’s core system is Lattice OS, an autonomous sensing, command and control platform that serves as the core platform for our suite of capabilities.”