The Anduril plant in Ohio is scheduled to begin production of the Fury autonomous combat drone in just a few days. By the end of this year, it is to employ 250 people for this purpose, but the plan is much larger – over 4,000 are to work on the production of Fury over the next decade. people. The weapon is designed with mass production in mind – the company will use commercial materials: aluminum instead of titanium, composites used in boat construction and commercially available jet engines to reduce costs and speed up the delivery of drones.
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A plant in the USA is starting mass production of combat drones
Anduril is a young plant, a startup specializing in defense technology, one of those that, according to Donald Trump, is capable of revolutionizing the weapons market and the American army and can count on lucrative contracts with the Pentagon. The Fury project, already presented last year at combat equipment exhibitions, is called the “loyal wingman”. The idea is to combine manned fighter jets with autonomous unmanned aerial vehicles that will fly alongsidebut they can also be fully independent. The Fury's design resembles a new generation light fighter. It will be able to operate in the hottest armed conflict zones.
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The key to Anduril's project is the scale of production – the Fury is intended to be mass produced, although exact numbers have not been announced yet. “From the first prototype, on each subsequent project we worked with our engineers, wondering how to design it for mass production,” Matt Grimm, co-founder and chief operating officer of Anduril, told Reuters. He added that the Fury production philosophy is completely different than the classic weapon creation scheme, because from the beginning of the design, the creators take into account production possibilities. Every decision is aimed at reducing costs and ensuring smooth production lines.
Anduril currently has plants in several locations. The Arsenal 1 manufacturing campus in Ohio was specifically designed as an autonomous systems factory with high-volume production in mind.
