NEWARK, Ohio — Central Ohio Technical College has been anticipating expanding and speeding up training programs after defense contractor Anduril announced plans to open its "Arsenal-1" manufacturing facility near Rickenbacker Airport in about nine months.

COTC President John Berry said Intel's arrival in Licking County became the blueprint, a pilot program that taught COTC how to quickly build and accelerate training programs to meet the workforce demands of a major manufacturer.

Berry said COTC created four new courses to support Intel’s operations and stands ready to meet with Anduril to tweak or add programs that would build a lasting workforce pipeline.

“We need to get the information out, and we need to get people in this pipeline as quickly as we can,” Berry said. "When we meet

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