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John Micklethwait and Paula Doenecke<\/p>\n

(Bloomberg) \u2014 Anduril Industries Inc., one of the world\u2019s most valuable defense-tech startups, would \u201cabsolutely\u201d consider building its next weapons manufacturing hub outside the US, said Chief Executive Officer Brian Schimpf.<\/p>\n

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The Costa Mesa-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.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen you look across Europe, there\u2019s a lot of manufacturing talent that exists,\u201d Schimpf said, adding that both the U.S. and Europe needed to build up weapons-making capabilities to source arms \u201cin a predictable way.\u201d He warned that both regions \u201cundervalued\u201d production compared to China.<\/p>\n

Schimpf said Anduril can tap into supply chains that aren\u2019t traditionally focused around aerospace and defense. \u201cThat is going to pay out in terms of rapidly being able to build up manufacturing capacity in a lot of different regions around the world.\u201d<\/p>\n

Anduril hasn\u2019t completed work on its Ohio facility, or announced concrete plans to build a second factory. The company is beginning to produce weapons at scale at its Arsenal-1 facility starting with its Fury combat aircraft, Anduril\u2019s co-founder and Executive Chairman Trae Stephens told Bloomberg News in April. Moving into production was like \u201cgetting punched in the face,\u201d Schimpf said on Thursday.<\/p>\n

Building manufacturing capabilities is operationally complex, he said, attributing the company\u2019s difficulties to lack of domestic manufacturing talent. \u201cThis process of rebuilding manufacturing competence in the US and getting that back, that is a generational problem,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

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Anduril makes a range of products for defense including drones and the software that controls them, surveillance tools and augmented reality helmets for the military. Its valuation doubled to $61 billion in a May funding round as governments pour money into upgrading their military capabilities.<\/p>\n

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The company\u2019s largest customer is the U.S. Department of Defense. Anduril is seeking to expand in Europe, which is rearming in response to mounting threats from Russia. However, much of the money is being steered to local companies as ties with Washington become increasingly strained. Anduril hopes to gain ground by co-funding European defense programs and has signed partnerships with big-name defense contractors in the UK, Germany and Poland.<\/p>\n

Anduril is on track to become the most valuable private defense-tech startup globally once Elon Musk\u2019s SpaceX goes public this week, according to data from PitchBook. The company has little motivation to debut on the public market right now because it is a \u201cvery capital-light business,\u201d said Schimpf.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe would be valued two to three times what we are if were public right now,\u201d he said. \u201cI think it becomes a distraction to employees, I think it becomes difficult for investors. Your price is very volatile.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u2013With assistance from Yazhou Sun. <\/p>\n

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