The LARGEST new shipyard in the United States. 🚢🇺🇸

WBFF reports that Anduril Industries says it will invest $3.7 billion to build Arsenal-2, a more than two million-square-foot "software-defined shipyard" at Tradepoint Atlantic.[1]The outlet adds that the Navy awarded Anduril a contract worth up to $2.9 billion, bringing the total announced investment to $6.6 billion.[1]The War Zone reports that the plant will eventually produce components like torpedo tubes and spherical air flasks[3] for General Dynamics Electric Boat and Newport News Shipbuilding.According to DefenseScoop, a senior administration official said the shipyard could provide about 9 million hours of labor a year[4], which the official called "the equivalent of about a 15% increase."[4]Anduril said in a release quoted by DefenseScoop that "initial operations are expected to come online in 2030."[4]CBS Baltimore reports that the facility is expected to support over 14,000 jobs, including the creation of 3,100 new, permanent jobs.[5]WMAR reports that Maryland and Baltimore County have committed to match up to 13% of Anduril's anticipated private investment[6].According to DefenseScoop, Trump said at the site: "I love the idea of the autonomous sub."[4] TASS reports that Trump added that the US government would own a 40% stake in the new shipyard.[2]The White House posted Trump saying that the site "was abandoned and it was totally forgotten."[7]