The Australian Ministry of Defense has announced that the Australian Navy is conducting trials of a stealth underwater drone developed by Anduril Australia. The covert Ultra Large Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (XL-AUV) program has been named Ghost Shark by the Department of Defense.

The Ghost Shark program will create affordable, autonomous, durable and versatile submarines. They will be modular, customizable and optimized with different payloads for a wide variety of tasks. Anduril Australian engineers will use the 5.8m long Dive-LD as a test bed for experimentation, testing and validation in the development of the XL version.

Ghost Shark’s ambitious development program will include feasibility assessment and prototyping in record time.

Thanks to its range, stealth and persistence, the Ghost Shark will be able to operate in the Indo-Pacific region. Due to its modular and multi-purpose nature, our enemies will have to assume that their every movement in the sea area is under our watch, and that each XL-UV (unmanned aerial vehicle) has a wide range of effects, including deadly. what happened,” Rear Admiral Peter Quinn said. “Once your potential competitors realize what Ghost Shark is – we won’t give them any details – we expect them to have their doubts and distrust.”

The presented prototype can “operate autonomously for up to 10 days on the seabed at a depth of up to 6,000 meters,” according to the company’s statement. Larger versions are likely to be even more functional.