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Anduril started Fury drone production at its 5-million-square-foot Pickaway County mega-factory four months ahead of schedule, financing the buildout off venture capital rather than a signed program of record — and pulling directly on the same skilled-labor pool Boeing, Honeywell, and the Army's Lima tank plant already compete for.
Northrop's B-21 Raider line at Air Force Plant 42 has crossed from low-rate initial production into a 25% capacity expansion. The binding constraint is no longer tooling or budget — it's cleared, hands-on machinists, and Boeing's commercial ramp is hiring from the same Antelope Valley labor pool.
Anduril rolled the first Fury (YFQ-44A) off its 866,000-square-foot Building 1 in Pickaway County in March 2026, three months ahead of schedule — turning a Silicon Valley prime's industrial bet into the de facto anchor of a Columbus-corridor defense manufacturing cluster.