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The Economic Times
The Economic Times

US defence firm Anduril in talks for Nissan plant to build drones in Japan, sources say

TOKYO: U.S. defence firm Anduril Industries is in talks to acquire Nissan Motor's Oppama assembly plant near Tokyo as the ​maker of autonomous weapons looks to build military drones in Japan, ​three sources familiar with the matter told Reuters.

While they say no decision has been made, any deal could transform one ​of Japan's first large-scale postwar car factories, long a symbol of its industrial revival, into an arms-making hub.

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