Arsenal-2, a new software-defined shipyard backed by a $3.7-billion private capital investment by Anduril Industries and a $2.9-billion U.S. Navy contract, will manufacture critical components for the Virginia-class submarine according to a press release at www.anduril.com.

Arsenal-2 will build complex components and large scale assemblies of the Virginia-class submarine and deliver them to Electric Boat and Newport News Shipbuilding for final assembly. Arsenal-2 will be built at Tradepoint Atlantic in Baltimore County, MD, where the project will create 3,100 direct jobs and support more than 11,000 indirect jobs. The site will drive $2 billion in annual economic output, including an estimated $312 million in wages each year.

Permitting and site preparation will begin immediately, with construction commencing as soon as the necessary approvals are in place. Initial operations are expected to come online in 2030, with production scaling progressively thereafter as Anduril builds the workforce, supplier base, infrastructure, and manufacturing throughput required for submarine production.

Arsenal-2 will sit within the Sparrows Point complex, a site central to America's maritime heritage and well positioned for a new generation of heavy industry. Existing road, rail, and maritime infrastructure connect the site to suppliers and to the nation's two primary submarine builders. Baltimore's shipyards produced the first Liberty Ship during World War II. At more than 2 million sq ft — roughly 40 football fields — the facility will be purpose-built on a 187-acre site for high-volume, high-precision production of undersea naval capabilities.

ArsenalOS, Anduril's industrial software platform, will provide the digital backbone for the yard and its production systems. It will connect fabrication workflows, outfitting sequences, material movement, inspection protocols, and documentation requirements in a single system, giving workers and managers real-time visibility into the state of production. Digital work instructions, embedded quality controls, modern sensing, and automation will support the expertise of welders, pipefitters, electricians, shipfitters, inspectors, and other skilled trades. By making production requirements more visible and processes more consistent, ArsenalOS will help new workers train faster while preserving the technical rigor, judgment, and quality required for submarine construction.

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