Anduril Industries – the maker of autonomous systems and weapons – has selected Columbus in Ohio for its first hyperscale manufacturing facility. The facility named Arsenal-1 will be built with the motive of making the United States and its allies self-sufficient in the race for autonomous systems and drones.

Anduril are building a massive high-tech drone plant in Ohio. It is a bold move to provide 'hyperscale' production and give the U.S. a decisive lead.

Anduril Industries will build a five-million-square-foot facility called Arsenal-1, hoping to bring more than 4,000 new production and service jobs to Ohio by 2035.

Anduril Industries announced Jan. 16 that it will build its first “hyperscale” manufacturing facility in central Ohio, a project that will span more than 5 million square feet at full scale and eventually create 4,000 direct jobs.

U.S. defense contractor Anduril Industries is preparing to build a massive advanced manufacturing facility in central Ohio

COLUMBUS, Ohio - A California-based defense technology company plans to build a 4,000-job facility in central Ohio to manufacture “autonomous weapons systems” for the U.S. and its allies, a development state officials say represents the largest single job creation project in state history.

The defense-tech's complex near Columbus' Rickenbacker International Airport is expected to create 4,000 high-paying jobs over the next decade. A defense-tech unicorn has chosen Ohio for an advanced manufacturing complex to make a huge arsenal of drones and autonomous weapons for the U.