Anduril might build a weapons factory in the UK

Factories are all the rage in defense tech: Anduril announced a billion-dollar ‘megafactory’ in Ohio earlier this year, while Saronic said last month it’s planning its own factory to mass produce autonomous warships.

Now, Anduril is considering building a factory in the U.K. as it expands beyond U.S. defense contracts.

“If we get enough orders, absolutely we are planning to open a facility in the UK,” Rich Drake, Anduril’s general manager for U.K. and Europe, told Bloomberg.

Anduril would use the factory for drones and R&D and might choose somewhere near Oxford and Cambridge, Sifted reported earlier.

European defense budgets are breaking records as the U.S. winds down aid to Ukraine, so there’s plenty of opportunities.

Anduril, which is based in California and is reportedly in talks to raise at a $28 billion valuation, didn’t respond to a request for comment.