First Ghost Shark Unmanned Underwater Vehicle Rolls Off the Production Line

Pictured at the Anduril Ghost Shark production facility formal opening are Vice Admiral Mark Hammond (L), Minister for Defence Industry Pat Conroy (R), and the company’s Chairman for Australia David Goodrich. Courtesy of AndurilAn unmanned submarine—called an Extra Large Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (XL-AUV) or “Ghost Shark”—has rolled off the production line just 3 years after it was first mooted.Manufactured by Anduril, the vehicle was delivered to the Royal Australian Navy just seven weeks after a $1.7 billion contract to deliver what the company calls “a large fleet of Ghost Sharks over the next five years.”