{"id":"dba2d90d-76ad-49e9-b4c5-48a2a39adf4c","companyId":"7bdb9a35-31c5-4740-bddd-8756fdd5f0c4","modelName":"Ghost Shark (XL-AUV)","slug":"anduril-ghost-shark","description":"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.","formFactor":"maritime","maturityStage":"production","lifecycleState":"active","supersededByModelId":null,"specs":{"notes":[{"label":"Verified (strongest gating signal in the maritime set)","value":"Co-development contract May 2022 (Anduril Australia + RAN + DSTG, 3 prototypes over 3 yrs). 3 RAN prototypes ('Alpha' revealed Apr 2024) + 1 USN delivered ON BUDGET, AHEAD OF SCHEDULE. PRODUCTION CONTRACT: A$1.7B (~US$1.1B), announced ~Sept 10 2025, for 'dozens' of XL-AUVs over 5 years. First production hull off the Sydney line Nov 2025 (ahead of schedule), entered sea-acceptance testing. New MODEL under existing anduril; wired to lattice."},{"label":"CORRECTION (don't merge the two contracts)","value":"The dispatch's 'A$140M' is WRONG as a production figure: ~A$140M was the 2022 CO-DEVELOPMENT contract; the PRODUCTION contract is A$1.7B (Sept 2025). Do not merge them."},{"label":"Maturity = production (pre-full-rate)","value":"An A$1.7B allied-navy production contract + prototypes delivered ahead of schedule + a standing Sydney factory + first production hull off the line = the strongest gating signal in the maritime set. Not yet operationally fielded with the RAN (planned operational delivery Jan 2026 is forward-dated), so production / entering-service, not mature-fielded."},{"label":"Claimed but NOT verified","value":"Exact production quantity ('dozens'); full-rate-production 2026; the Jan-2026 RAN operational handoff (forward-dated); all hull specs (estimated, design withheld); Copperhead-from-Ghost-Shark integration."}],"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)"},"manufacturerSerial":null,"reviewStatus":"reviewed","sources":[{"url":"https://breakingdefense.com/2025/11/first-ghost-shark-extra-large-auv-delivered-to-australian-navy/","title":"First Ghost Shark XL-AUV delivered to Australian Navy (Nov 2025; ahead of schedule)","sourceName":"Breaking Defense"},{"url":"https://www.navalnews.com/event-news/indo-pacific-2025/2025/10/anduril-launches-australian-ghost-shark-factory-in-sydney/","title":"Anduril launches Ghost Shark Sydney factory; A$1.7B production contract (~Sept 2025)","sourceName":"Naval News"},{"url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghost_Shark_(submarine)","title":"Ghost Shark program (2022 co-dev contract for 3 prototypes; RAN + DSTG)","sourceName":"Wikipedia"}],"aliases":["Anduril Ghost Shark","Ghost Shark","Dive-XL"],"collisionRisk":"low","reviewNote":null,"manufacturerTermForTeleop":null,"createdAt":"2026-06-03T21:44:36.533Z","updatedAt":"2026-06-03T21:44:36.533Z","jsonLd":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Product","@id":"https://registry.deploy.report/models/anduril-ghost-shark","url":"https://registry.deploy.report/models/anduril-ghost-shark","name":"Ghost Shark (XL-AUV)","alternateName":["Anduril Ghost Shark","Ghost Shark","Dive-XL"],"description":"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.","identifier":"dba2d90d-76ad-49e9-b4c5-48a2a39adf4c","category":"maritime","publisher":{"@id":"https://deploy.report/#organization"}}}