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The Anduril Industries headquarters in Costa Mesa, California, US, on Thursday, Dec. 14, 2023. Anduril recently beat several legacy defense players in a contest for a major contract to develop an unmanned fighter jet for the US Air Force and is now valued at $8.5 billion. Photographer: Kyle Grillot/Bloomberg via Getty Images

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On Thursday Anduril declare it is work up its monolithic arm factory , Arsenal-1 , inColumbus , Ohio , confirming TechCrunch ’s earlier reporting . In a blog post , the companionship said that it will invest nigh to $ 1 billion of its own money into the labor and that the manufacturing plant will be five million substantial metrical unit . The Charles William Post also claims it will convey 4,000 task to the area .

The factory is a huge step for the defence tech startup , found by Palmer Luckey , Trae Stephens , and others , allowing it to descale production of its autonomous systems for surveillance and arm .

Part of Ohio ’s appeal was the proximity to Rickenbacker International   Airport , where the troupe will have access to 12,000 - foot runways , as well as ample body politic , as the society will have 500 acres nearby for likely enlargement , it said .

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