Desperate for aircraft, and strapped for cash from the get-go, Arixo needed its own production facility if it was ever to continue protecting themselves. Luckily, the Ford Motor Company had started construction on an automobile plant in Phoenix before the splintering. It was three-quarters finished at the time, but when the country split apart, and with the emerging reliance on airplanes, Ford decided to abandon the plant. It stayed that way for many months, while Arixo organized itself. Once things had settled down, the government moved in, and began to re-engineer the equipment to produce aircraft. This took several years of acquiring parts and experience from other countries, especially the ISA, but by '34, Arixo Airworks was ready to go. 
     The problem at this point was a lack of design expertise. Never having produced completed products of such scale or complexity before, no one knew quite what to do. So, they basically copied existing designs, mixing and matching concepts to see what would work. Eventually, they came up with the slow and  much-reviled Cougar. Learning a bit from their experiences, the next plane was the Hawk-Wasp, but lack of supplies allowed for only a few of these to be produced. Their next fighter, the Rattlesnake, proved an unexpected success, and Arixo Airworks continues to crank out as many of these versatile planes as they can. This was followed up by the dismally unpopular Imp, an expensive, zeppelin-only plane that just didn't catch on and caused the company many financial woes. The Gray Fox and its so far unique Pod System were next, and the Airworks is now seeing some prosperity again because of it.
     Except for the Imp, half of all planes built by the Airworks are given directly to the AADF. Seeing another opportunity for economic boost, the rest are put on the open market, with sales refused only to known pirate groups. Until the Rattlesnake, this didn't create much income, but the success of that one design has allowed Arixo Airworks to construct a new plant in Santa Fe.

AA-1A and 1B Cougar: Slow, ponderous, and never popular, the Cougar makes up for these deficiencies in armor and weaponry.

AA-2A Hawk-Wasp: Considered a cut-rate Defender by many, no one mourns the fact that few were ever made, and far fewer still exist.

AA-3A and 3B Rattlesnake: A surprisingly successful amalgamation of ideas, the Rattlesnake is becoming Arixo's most commonly used fighter.

AA-4A Imp: Small and nimble, this zeppelin escort is meant almost entirely for export. 

AA-5A Gray Fox: Originally a copy of an Australian design, the Gray Fox became the first plane to field the Pod System, allowing for easily interchangeable weapons.