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Ghost Shark (XL-AUV)

Ghost Shark is Anduril Industries' extra-large autonomous undersea vehicle, co-developed with the Royal Australian Navy and the Defence Science and Technology Group, recorded in the registry as a new subsea model under the existing Anduril company and wired to the Lattice autonomy brain, leveraging Dive-LD technology with Dive-XL as its commercial baseline. The registry records it at production maturity, the strongest gating signal in the maritime set: a May 2022 co-development contract for three prototypes led to three Royal Australian Navy prototypes, the first revealed in April 2024, plus one for the US Navy, all delivered on budget and ahead of schedule, followed by an A$1.7 billion production contract announced around September 10, 2025 for dozens of vehicles over five years, with the first production hull coming off the Sydney production line in November 2025 ahead of schedule and entering sea-acceptance testing. A contract correction is important: the originating dispatch's A$140 million figure was the 2022 co-development contract, not the production contract, and the two should not be merged, the production contract being A$1.7 billion. It is production maturity but pre-full-rate, not yet operationally fielded with the Royal Australian Navy, since the planned January 2026 operational delivery is forward-dated. The exact production quantity, full-rate production in 2026, the operational handoff, and all hull specifications, which are estimated because the Australian Defence Department withholds the design, are not verified.

Ghost Shark (XL-AUV) is a maritime robot built by Anduril Industries.

Machine-readable surfaces

Form factor
maritime
Maturity stage
production
Lifecycle
active
Deployments
0
ID
dba2d90d-76ad-49e9-b4c5-48a2a39adf4c

Specs

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specs
Ghost Shark: extra-large autonomous undersea vehicle (XL-AUV) co-developed with the Royal Australian Navy + Defence Science and Technology Group; leverages Dive-LD tech + Anduril's Lattice AI. Dive-XL is the commercial baseline. Detailed specs (~12 m length, displacement, endurance, depth) are ESTIMATES - Australian DoD withholds the design.
formFactor
maritime (autonomous SUBSEA vehicle / extra-large AUV (XL-AUV); defense; allied co-development)

Runs on (1)

Supply chain

No verified supply relationships on file. Supply-chain coverage is being added across the registry; check back as the seed populates this model’s suppliers.

Suppliers appear here when verified with at least two strong sources (maker-official / IR / regulatory / standards-body / verified tier-2). Sources are append-only; corrections add new sources rather than rewrite history.

Sources (3)

  1. https://breakingdefense.com/2025/11/first-ghost-shark-extra-large-auv-delivered-to-australian-navy/
  2. https://www.navalnews.com/event-news/indo-pacific-2025/2025/10/anduril-launches-australian-ghost-shark-factory-in-sydney/
  3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghost_Shark_(submarine)

Common questions

What is Ghost Shark (XL-AUV)?
Ghost Shark is Anduril Industries' extra-large autonomous undersea vehicle, co-developed with the Royal Australian Navy and the Defence Science and Technology Group, recorded in the registry as a new subsea model under the existing Anduril company and wired to the Lattice autonomy brain, leveraging Dive-LD technology with Dive-XL as its commercial baseline. The registry records it at production maturity, the strongest gating signal in the maritime set: a May 2022 co-development contract for three prototypes led to three Royal Australian Navy prototypes, the first revealed in April 2024, plus one for the US Navy, all delivered on budget and ahead of schedule, followed by an A$1.7 billion production contract announced around September 10, 2025 for dozens of vehicles over five years, with the first production hull coming off the Sydney production line in November 2025 ahead of schedule and entering sea-acceptance testing. A contract correction is important: the originating dispatch's A$140 million figure was the 2022 co-development contract, not the production contract, and the two should not be merged, the production contract being A$1.7 billion. It is production maturity but pre-full-rate, not yet operationally fielded with the Royal Australian Navy, since the planned January 2026 operational delivery is forward-dated. The exact production quantity, full-rate production in 2026, the operational handoff, and all hull specifications, which are estimated because the Australian Defence Department withholds the design, are not verified.
Who makes Ghost Shark (XL-AUV)?
Ghost Shark (XL-AUV) is made by Anduril Industries, based in Costa Mesa, California, USA, founded in 2017.
Where is Ghost Shark (XL-AUV) deployed?
No verified deployments of Ghost Shark (XL-AUV) are currently on the DEPLOY registry. DEPLOY records deployments only when verified at a named site with a primary source; absence may reflect pre-deployment, research, or manufacturer-internal use.
What is Ghost Shark (XL-AUV)'s maturity stage?
Ghost Shark (XL-AUV) is at the production stage on the DEPLOY maturity ladder (research, prototype, pilot, commercial, production). Production stage means high-volume manufacture and commercial-scale deployments are sustained.
What AI powers Ghost Shark (XL-AUV)?
Ghost Shark (XL-AUV) runs Anduril Lattice. Each brain assignment is verified at the registry level via primary sources.