Anduril Arsenal-1 manufacturing complex under construction in Pickaway County Ohio

Anduril's Arsenal-1 Facility Will Build Thousands of YFQ-44A Drones

FlightBriefApr 3, 2026

Contracts 6

Funding 3

New Products 2

Companies Tracked 26

CONTRACTS

$41M Zipline / State of North Carolina $28M Wing / Walmart $54M Shield AI / Northrop Grumman

Manna drone delivering a package to a residential garden in Dublin Ireland

Manna Raises $50M to Scale Drone Delivery to 40 US and European Bases

FlightBrief Apr 3, 2026 2 min read

Close-up view of a quadcopter drone in flight against a blurred landscape

Unusual Machines Is Making a Public-Market Bet on Defense Drone Manufacturing

Anduril Fury YFQ-44A drone on factory production line inside Arsenal-1 facility

Anduril starts Fury production at Arsenal-1 facility

DJI drone hovering over urban Beijing skyline with restricted airspace signage

Beijing bans unlicensed drone sales and limits storage from May 1

Small military drone in flight during a field test

PDW raises $110M as Booz Allen backs dual bets on AI radio and drones

Shahed-136 drone on launch ramp at night, exhaust visible, military operation

Russia is shipping upgraded Shahed drones back to Iran

AH-64E Apache helicopter launching A700 drone during test flight

US Army tests Apache-launched A700 drone in six months