Anduril Industries to build a significant defense tech facility in Ohio, potentially creating over 4,000 jobs by 2035.

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, a defense and aerospace contractor, has selected a site in Columbus for Arsenal-1, the company’s first hyperscale weapons manufacturing facility. The Southern California-based firm plans to invest approximately $1 billion of its own capital into the development.

The company founded by billionaire Palmer Luckey will make military drones and autonomous air vehicles, beginning in July 2026.

Mike Turner, an Ohio Republican, would no longer lead the committee, which oversees the nation's intelligence agencies and holds tremendous influence over law enforcement and foreign policy. During Trump's first term,