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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Daniel Hurst Foreign affairs and defence correspondent

Future undersea warfare will rely on uncrewed submarines as ocean becomes ‘transparent’, defence contractor says

Artist's impression of Extra Large Autonomous Undersea Vehicles
Anduril Industries is building three prototype Extra Large Autonomous Undersea Vehicles (XL-AUVs) for the Royal Australian Navy. Photograph: Anduril

Navies will not stop using large submarines but will increasingly rely on smaller uncrewed systems as the oceans become more “transparent”, a defence contractor has predicted.

Anduril has a $140m contract with the Australian government to build three autonomous undersea vehicle prototypes in Sydney in a project named Ghost Shark.

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