Ohio awards $310 million to US defense contractor for 4,000-worker advanced manufacturing facility

COLUMBUS Ohio AP Defense contractor Anduril Industries has been awarded a million grant from Ohio s job creation office as the company prepares to build a massive advanced manufacturing facility near Columbus JobsOhio the state s job creation office broadcasted execution of the -year economic progress agreement Wednesday The deal calls for Costa Mesa California-based Anduril to create new jobs and more than million in new payroll and to make at least million in capital outlay within the next years in order to receive the funds It must then maintain those commitments over the ensuing two decades under the plan Anduril s Arsenal will produce military drones and autonomous air vehicles It is set to open in July State and company representatives initially informed the project in January The million-square-foot -square-meter facility will be located on a -acre -hectare site near Rickenbacker International Airport in rural Pickaway County about miles kilometers southeast of Columbus Source