Anduril to build YFQ-44A Fury at Arsenal-1

US defence contract Anduril Industries says it will manufacture its YFQ-44A Fury Collaborative Combat Aircraft at the company’s new Columbus, Ohio, plant by Q2 of 2026. This will be a missionized variant of the company’s Fury autonomous fighter jet for the US Air Force’s CCA program.

Through its focus on autonomy and affordable mass, the CCA program is driving a paradigm shift in how the United States will employ and project combat airpower this decade and beyond, Anduril says.

Construction on Building 1 of the factory, dubbed Arsenal-1, is well underway, the company adds, and will encompass 775,000 square feet of production space and 120,000 additional square feet of office and support space. The entire factory will be at what the company calls full scale by 2035, including additional manufacturing space.

The YFQ-44A will be manufactured with all possible speed, Anduril adds.

“We took YFQ-44A from clean-sheet design to fully-built aircraft in 365 days, started flight testing in October, and we’re on the hook to deliver a real, operational capability by the end of the decade,” according to the company’s own blog. “That timeline is extremely aggressive in comparison to every other fighter aircraft program in recent history.”