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.

Yes. Ghost Shark (XL-AUV) is independently verified in real-world operation on the DEPLOY registry, confirmed at named deployment sites with primary sources: not a concept, render, or demo-only.

Ghost Shark (XL-AUV)'s recorded specifications on the DEPLOY registry: IP rating: 300 m depth; Max speed: 10 kt; Weight: 9000 kg. See the Specs section for the full sourced set.

Ghost Shark (XL-AUV) is made by Anduril Industries, based in Costa Mesa, California, USA, founded in 2017.

2 verified deployments of Ghost Shark (XL-AUV) are on the DEPLOY registry, including at US Navy Pacific Operations, Sydney.

Ghost Shark (XL-AUV) is in commercial deployment and is sold to operators; contact the manufacturer to buy, and see the pricing section for any recorded price.

Ghost Shark (XL-AUV) runs Anduril Lattice. Each brain assignment is verified at the registry level via primary sources.

On the DEPLOY registry, comparable underwater robots to Ghost Shark (XL-AUV) include X3, Dive-LD, EXRAY, EverClean Hull Service Robot.

Ghost Shark (XL-AUV) and X3 (Blueye Robotics · 5 deployments) are both underwater robots on the DEPLOY registry. Ghost Shark (XL-AUV) has 2 verified deployments on record. Compare both records for specs, safety, deployments, and verified-vs-claimed autonomy.

On DEPLOY's intelligence score, which blends verified deployments, safety, adoption, media, and IP signals, Ghost Shark (XL-AUV) ranks in roughly the top 9% of underwater models tracked by the registry.

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.

Ghost Shark (XL-AUV) has no incidents on record in the DEPLOY registry. This does not constitute a safety guarantee; it reflects the incidents DEPLOY has tracked and verified to date.

The Ghost Shark (XL-AUV) is a long-range, extra-large autonomous underwater vehicle jointly developed by Anduril Industries and the Royal Australian Navy. The Australian Navy awarded Anduril a A$1.7B (US$1.12B) Program of Record to deliver a fleet of Ghost Sharks, going from prototype to fleet in three years. Production is already underway.