Anduril Ghost Shark

An extra-large autonomous underwater vehicle co-developed by Anduril and the Royal Australian Navy — a stealthy, modular platform for persistent ISR, strike, and payload delivery, built for mass production and distributed operations across the Indo-Pacific.

Overview

The Anduril Ghost Shark is an extra-large autonomous underwater vehicle (XL-AUV) designed and built in Australia through a co-development partnership between Anduril, the Royal Australian Navy (RAN), and the Defence Science and Technology Group (DSTG). The system is engineered as a modular, free-flooding “mothership” that can carry sensors, effectors, and smaller uncrewed vehicles for long-endurance intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance, and strike missions. Its first prototype was unveiled in April 2024, and by early 2026 the vehicle had transitioned from a three-year prototyping sprint into a A$1.7 billion Program of Record for the RAN, with production ramping at Anduril’s purpose-built robotic factory in Sydney.

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