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Anduril rolls first YFQ-44A Fury off Ohio's Arsenal-1 production line

A defense factory went from empty field to finished combat aircraft in under 18 months, a pace the Pentagon badly needs.

• Anduril unveiled the first YFQ-44A Fury autonomous combat aircraft built at its new Arsenal-1 factory in Pickaway County, Ohio, on July 27, 2026.
• The Fury is a 'loyal wingman' drone built for the U.S. Air Force's Collaborative Combat Aircraft program, designed to fly alongside crewed fighters on missions too dangerous for human pilots, like scouting hostile airspace.
• It took just 557 days from announcing the Arsenal-1 site to rolling out the first aircraft, with COO Matt Grimm saying the actual build took 126 days.
• Arsenal-1 currently employs about 133-140 workers across three shifts and is targeting annual production of 150 Fury aircraft once fully ramped.
• Ohio awarded Anduril a state-record $310 million JobsOhio grant, part of a broader incentive package tied to a pledge to create 4,000 jobs by 2035.
• Anduril says it can cut typical weapons program timelines from 12 years to two or three while reducing costs by 60% to 80%, a pitch that has gained urgency amid the war in Iran.
• The rollout shows a defense startup compressing factory-to-finished-weapon timelines dramatically, a speed the Pentagon is counting on as it races to field autonomous fighters this decade.