The defense company, featuring platforms like the composite Fury AAV, has selected Columbus as its hub to rapidly ramp up autonomous military manufacturing.

Anduril Industries, a tech company that makes defense products, is headed to Ohio, the state announced Thursday.

The project, expected to bring over 4,000 new jobs to Ohio by 2035, marks the largest single job creation and new payroll initiative in the state's history.

Anduril, the AI defense company founded by tech billionaire and VR headset mogul Palmer Luckey, announced plans to build a factory in Columbus, Ohio on Thursday. They’re calling the plant Arsenal-1, claim it will be a “hyperscale” facility, and promise it’ll bring more than 4,000 jobs to the region.

Costa Mesa-based defense contractor Anduril Industries is preparing to build a massive advanced manufacturing facility in central Ohio, adding a planned 4,000 jobs to the area’s burgeoning high-tech sector, state officials announced Thursday. The defense ...

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.

Anduril’s factory just south of Rickenbacker International Airport is expected to generate an additional 4,500 jobs among suppliers, services and indirect employment. Overall, the Ohio Department of Development projects $2 billion in economic activity and $800 million in tax revenue, according to a press release.

Costa Mesa-based defense contractor Anduril Industries is preparing to build a massive advanced manufacturing facility in central Ohio ... 16 miles southeast of Columbus. Also see: Defense ...

"With its unmatched infrastructure, central location and a world-class manufacturing workforce, Ohio offers the ideal foundation for Arsenal-1," co-founder and CEO Brian Schimpf said. "From aerospace innovation to military research, this state has a proud tradition of advancing American ingenuity."

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