US firm unveils new AUV for Royal Australian Navy

The prototype Ghost Shark extra large autonomous underwater vehicle

US-based defence technology company Anduril Industries has completed construction of the first example of the Ghost Shark extra large autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) ordered by the Australian Department of Defence (DOD). The AUV is the first of three that will be built under an initial AU$140...

https://www.bairdmaritime.com/work-boat-world/maritime-security-world/unmanned-systems/us-firm-unveils-new-auv-for-royal-australian-navy/

Navy and DIU select three “best in the breed” vendors to advance LDUUV development

The Department of Defense’s Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) and the Navy’s Program Office Advanced Undersea Systems (PMS 394) have selected three vendors to prototype and develop Unmanned Underwater Vehicle (UUV) platforms.

The DIU says that undersea warfare is critical to success in the Pacific and other contested environments, providing needed autonomous underwater sensing and payload delivery in dispersed, long-range, deep and contested environments is key. In particular, the U.S. military...

https://www.marinelog.com/technology/navy-and-diu-select-three-best-in-the-breed-vendors-to-advance-lduuv-development/

Australian defense department partners with US firm for development of new AUV

The Australian Department of Defence and US-based unmanned systems company Anduril Industries have formed a new partnership with the aim of developing a new type of extra ..

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