# Arsenal-1 [[Anduril]]'s $1 billion autonomous systems manufacturing campus, 20 miles south of Columbus, Ohio. Going live in late March 2026 — months ahead of the original July 2026 schedule. ## Key Facts - **5 million square feet** of manufacturing space. - Expected to employ **4,000+ people** over the next decade (starting with ~250 by end of 2026). - First product: **YFQ-44A Fury** collaborative combat aircraft — went from clean-sheet design to flight-tested in 365 days (first flight October 31, 2025). - By year-end, also producing: **Roadrunner** interceptors, **Barracuda** cruise missiles, and hardware for a classified program. - ~90% of Anduril products use commercially available components. Fury's jet engine is a commercial turbine like those in private jets. ## Production milestones - **2026-07-27 — First Ohio-built Fury completed.** Anduril unveiled the first [[Anduril Fury]] (YFQ-44A) off the Arsenal-1 line — 18 months after announcing the 500-acre site, ~557 days after factory launch, and three months ahead of the original manufacturing target. The first article took **126 days** to build; across three shifts the line could produce up to **~12 FQ-44s/month**, toward its ~150/year rating. This is the first-article delivery proof that CEO [[Brian Schimpf]] framed (July 9) as the gating item for IPO timing, and it converts the June [[Anduril Air Force CCA Production Contract]] from paper to hardware. ## Why It Matters Arsenal-1 is the physical manifestation of defense tech's central argument: that Silicon Valley can not only design better weapons but manufacture them at scale, faster, and cheaper than legacy defense primes. It's [[Palmer Luckey]]'s answer to the criticism that defense tech startups can't handle production — and it's named to invoke the U.S. government arsenals of World War II. Alongside [[Hadrian]]'s automated submarine-parts factories, Arsenal-1 signals that defense tech is moving from software into serious hardware manufacturing. ## See Also - [[Anduril]] - [[Palmer Luckey]] - [[Hadrian]] - [[Defense Tech as Asset Class]]