Anduril CEO Says He’s Open to Building Weapons Hub Outside of US

Anduril Industries Inc., one of the world’s most valuable defense-tech startups, would “absolutely” consider building its next weapons manufacturing hub outside the US, said Chief Executive Officer Brian Schimpf.

The California-based company has started constructing its first facility in Ohio, but is open to operating another out of an allied nation, including in Europe, Schimpf said in an interview at Founders Forum in the UK on Thursday.

“When you look across Europe, there’s a lot of manufacturing talent that exists,” Schimpf said, adding that both the US and Europe needed to build up weapons-making capabilities to source arms ...