American defence technology firm Anduril Industries will build its first hyperscale manufacturing facility called Arsenal-1 in Columbus, Ohio. The £819,000 ($1 billion) project will directly create 4,

COLUMBUS, Ohio - A California-based defense technology company plans to build a 4,000-job facility in central Ohio to manufacture “autonomous weapons systems” for the U.S. and its allies, a development state officials say represents the largest single job creation project in state history.

The defense-tech's complex near Columbus' Rickenbacker International Airport is expected to create 4,000 high-paying jobs over the next decade. A defense-tech unicorn has chosen Ohio for an advanced manufacturing complex to make a huge arsenal of drones and autonomous weapons for the U.