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Anduril Picks Columbus For First Gigafactory With Production To Start Mid-2026

By Cal Biesecker

Thursday, January 16th, 2025

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Anduril Picks Columbus For First Gigafactory With Production To Start Mid-2026

Site of Anduril's future Arsenal-1 factory in Columbus, Ohio. Photo: Anduril

Anduril Industries has tapped Columbus, Ohio, for its future hyperscale production facility where it plans to manufacture tens of thousands of autonomous systems and weapons annually to meet what it argues is America’s urgent need to quickly reinvigorate the defense industrial base in the face of potential conflicts where massive quantities of relatively inexpensive and expendable weapons may be needed. Production at Arsenal-1 is expected to begin in mid-2026 with products such as the Fury Group 5 unmanned aircraft system…

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