Arsenal-1 currently operates with 30 workers on a single shift, with plans to scale to 250. Full capacity of 150 Fury aircraft per year requires three-shift operation and a target of 4,000 total employees.Source: event

How much is Ohio paying for Arsenal-1?

$310 million in JobsOhio grants, the state's largest single incentive package, as part of a wider $900 million Anduril investment in central Ohio targeting 4,000 jobs.Source: background

Where are Fury drones manufactured?

Arsenal-1 in Pickaway County, Ohio. Production began March 2026, months ahead of schedule.Source: quick_facts

Background

Arsenal-1 is Anduril's hyperscale manufacturing facility on a 500-acre site near Rickenbacker International Airport in Pickaway County, Ohio. The 5-million-square-foot plant began Fury drone production in March 2026, months ahead of the announced July opening , and shipped its first Fury drones four months early .

By April 2026, Arsenal-1 has expanded to four active weapons lines: the YFQ-44A Fury autonomous combat drone, the Roadrunner vertical-takeoff interceptor, the Barracuda low-cost cruise missile, and a classified programme . The workforce is planned to grow from 30 to 250 on a single shift, with further shift additions required to reach the rated capacity of 150 aircraft per year at three-shift operation. The facility is backed by a $310 million JobsOhio grant and targets 4,000 jobs at full operation as part of a wider $900 million Anduril investment in central Ohio.

Arsenal-1 represents Anduril's bet that autonomous weapons can be built like consumer electronics: aluminium airframes, commercial off-the-shelf components, and software-defined manufacturing lines that reconfigure for different platforms. The transition from single-product to four-platform production within months of opening tests whether that thesis holds under real programme timelines. Kratos's own 106,000 sq ft Oklahoma expansion this month, poured ahead of confirmed orders, mirrors the same bet: physical capacity built in advance of contracts rather than after them.