On Thursday Anduril introduced it’s constructing its large weapons manufacturing facility, Arsenal-1, in Columbus, Ohio, confirming TechCrunch’s earlier reporting. In a weblog put up, the corporate stated that it’s going to make investments near $1 billion of its personal cash into the challenge and that the manufacturing facility will probably be 5 million sq. ft. The put up additionally claims it can carry 4,000 jobs to the world.
The manufacturing facility is a large step for the protection tech startup, based by Palmer Luckey, Trae Stephens, and others, permitting it to scale manufacturing of its autonomous techniques for surveillance and weapons.
Part of Ohio’s attraction was the proximity to Rickenbacker International Airport, the place the corporate can have entry to 12,000-foot runways, in addition to ample land, as the corporate can have 500 acres close by for potential enlargement, it stated.
