In January 2025, Anduril Industries announced its partnership with Ohio to strengthen national security and restore the global balance of power.
Now, Anduril is building a state-of-the-art drone manufacturing facility in Pickaway County, near Rickenbacker International Airport, to rapidly scale defense production and help America Rebuild the Arsenal. Designed by Anduril and built in Ohio, Arsenal-1 will hyperscale modern defense manufacturing while driving massive economic growth across the state.
This critical project leverages Ohio’s expertise in military support, federal missions, and manufacturing innovation — making it the ideal state to lead this effort.
Ohio: Where America’s Blueprint Becomes a Reality
Department of Defense Air Force civilian employees.
Department of Defense 4th Estate civilian employees.
Defense personnel earning $3.3 billion in payroll.
States with largest veteran population.
In military-related gross output.
In direct military and federal spending.
Higher wages for Defense-related workers in Ohio, compared to the rest of the state.
Military and federal jobs.
Anduril’s New Facility
The project will create 4,008 new jobs by 2035. That’s the largest single job-creation project in Ohio’s history, which has a long and storied legacy of manufacturing success.
The 5-million-square-foot facility will be located on 500 acres of land in Pickaway County near Rickenbacker International Airport in Central Ohio and includes room for future growth.
While the impact will be felt statewide, the unique qualities and ability to support the project in Central Ohio, and more specifically Pickaway County, create the ideal environment for success.
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Building the Talent Pipeline
In Ohio, you can:
- Hire educated and skilled talent from Ohio’s large and growing pool of STEM professionals.
- Perfect products and services by engaging in research and development with a large tech community of accelerators, academia, government, established corporations and startups, all pursuing digital innovation.
- Operate at a fraction of the cost compared to coastal locations, including Silicon Valley and New York City, because of Ohio’s much more affordable cost of living and its status as America’s second-best state for cost of doing business (CNBC, 2024).
- Take advantage of being in the only state to have two cities, Columbus and Cincinnati, named in Forbes’ Top 10 Rising Cities for Startups, made possible by incubators, entrepreneurs, major venture capital, angel funds, and mentorships from Fortune 500 and 1000 companies.