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Dive-LD at Keyport, Washington

Dive-LD is Anduril Industries' large-diameter autonomous undersea vehicle, originating from its 2022 acquisition of Dive Technologies, recorded in the registry as a new subsea model under the existing Anduril company and wired to the Lattice autonomy brain. It is rated to a depth of 6,000 meters with about ten days of endurance and modular payloads for missions spanning intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance, mine countermeasures, anti-submarine warfare, and seafloor mapping.

The registry records it at commercial maturity reflecting a fielded, early-operational status: the first Dive-LD was delivered to the US Navy's Unmanned Undersea Vehicle Squadron 1 in 2025, a real handoff to a named operational Navy unit that clears the gating bar, though the quantity is single or low rather than mass production, placing it above Ghost Shark on US fielding but below it on production-contract scale. A specification correction is worth recording: the frequently cited 5.8-meter figure is the hull length, conflated in some sources with depth, while the actual depth rating is 6,000 meters.

The quantity beyond the first unit, the dollar value of the Navy delivery, the operational status of Copperhead deployment from Dive vehicles, and the exact 2022 Dive Technologies acquisition date are not verified here.

Dive-LD by Anduril Industries · Operated by Anduril Industries · Catalog entry · 2 sources · not yet field-verified · Maritime

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Machine-readable surfaces

Anduril delivered the first Dive-LD autonomous underwater vehicle to Unmanned Undersea Vehicle Squadron 1 (UUVRON-1) at Keyport, Washington in April 2025. UUVRON-1 is the Navy unit responsible for deploying undersea drones for intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance, and other missions. Delivery followed a February 2024 Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) contract award that enabled Navy units to test, buy, and operate Dive-LD. Personnel began operational evaluation and testing in real-world conditions.

Key facts

Receiving unit
UUVRON-1 (Unmanned Undersea Vehicle Squadron 1)
Contract authority
Defense Innovation Unit (DIU), awarded Feb 2024
Vehicle type
Extra-large autonomous underwater vehicle (XLUUV class)

Safety record

No incidents on record for Dive-LD at Keyport, Washington.

Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.

Trust tier
Catalog entry · 2 sources · not yet field-verifiedhow tiers work →
Last updated
2026-07-10
Model
Dive-LD
Status
pilot
Operator type
customer deployed
First seen
2025-04-05
ID
98082ded-26cd-43f9-a518-12da2cf4bd3b

Timeline

  1. Apr 2025
    First recorded
    Dive-LD first documented operating at Keyport, Washington.
  2. Jul 2026
    Current status: pilot, reviewed
    Latest recorded state. New status transitions append here as the deployment-status recorder produces them.

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Dive-LD operates in Keyport, Washington. Explore the full verified map:

Sources (2)

  1. Anduril delivers first Dive-LD autonomous underwater vehicle to U.S. Navy · https://defence-industry.eu/anduril-delivers-first-dive-ld-autonomous-underwater-vehicle-to-u-s-navy/
  2. Pentagon tech hub hires Anduril to get large underwater drone to Navy · https://www.defensenews.com/unmanned/2024/02/08/pentagon-tech-hub-hires-anduril-to-get-large-underwater-drone-to-navy/
Methodology: Verified · 2 sources (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-07-10

Verification posture

Verified

Low confidence

Review state

Stable

Last reviewed 2026-07-10

Maturity + lifecycle

Maturity stage: commercial

Lifecycle: active

Architectural position

Cohort: underwater

Sources by quality tier

2
unclassified
Unclassified source

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Methodology surface for Dive-LD at Keyport, Washington.

Common questions

What is the Dive-LD deployment at Keyport, Washington?
Dive-LD, built by Anduril Industries, is recorded as a deployment at Keyport, Washington on the DEPLOY registry. Anduril Industries operates the deployment directly.
Who operates Dive-LD at Keyport, Washington?
Anduril Industries, the manufacturer of Dive-LD, operates this deployment directly. This is a maker-deploys-its-own-product arrangement rather than a customer pilot.
When did the Dive-LD deployment at Keyport, Washington go live?
The deployment is recorded as starting April 5, 2025 on the DEPLOY registry. Earlier activity may exist but is not yet sourced.
Have there been incidents at the Dive-LD deployment at Keyport, Washington?
No active incidents affecting this deployment are recorded on the DEPLOY registry. Absence of recorded incidents is not a guarantee no incident occurred; DEPLOY records only sourced incidents and suppresses retracted ones.

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