Anduril might build a weapons factory in the UK

Factories are all the fad in protection tech: Anduril introduced a billion-dollar “megafactory” in Ohio earlier this 12 months, whereas Saronic stated final month it’s planning its own factory to mass-produce autonomous warships.

Now, Anduril is contemplating constructing a manufacturing facility within the U.Okay. because it expands past U.S. protection contracts.

“If we get sufficient orders, completely we’re planning to open a facility within the UK,” Wealthy Drake, Anduril’s normal supervisor for U.Okay. and Europe, told Bloomberg.

Anduril would use the manufacturing facility for drones and R&D and may select someplace close to Oxford and Cambridge, Sifted reported earlier.

European protection budgets are breaking records because the U.S. winds down support to Ukraine, so there’s loads of alternatives.

Anduril, which is predicated in California and is reportedly in talks to raise at a $28 billion valuation, didn’t reply to a request for remark.