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Anduril Starts Unmanned Fighter Jet Production

Anduril, General Atomics vying for AF contract

Defense company Anduril Industries said it has started production of its unmanned fighter jet at its new Arsenal-1 mega-factory outside Columbus, Ohio.
“We have started production of YFQ-44A Collaborative Combat Aircraft at Arsenal-1,” the Costa Mesa-based company said in a brief note on its X site yesterday.
The YFQ-44A, also known as Fury, is an autonomous, an AI-guided unmanned combat aerial vehicle.
Anduril is in competition with General Atomics for a U.S. Air Force contract for the combat aircraft. The Air Force says a decision is expected later this year.

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Kevin Costelloe
Kevin Costelloe
Tech reporter at Orange County Business Journal

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