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Dive-LD vs Ghost Shark (XL-AUV) in 2026
Comparing 2 humanoid robots across availability, pricing, capabilities, and verified deployments. Current as of 2026.
Key differences
On DEPLOY's record, Ghost Shark (XL-AUV) is further along: at the production stage versus Dive-LD at the commercial stage, as of 2026.
- Ghost Shark (XL-AUV) has more verified real-world deployments (2 vs 1).
- Dive-LD is at the commercial stage; Ghost Shark (XL-AUV) at the production stage.
| Attribute | ||
|---|---|---|
| Manufacturer | Anduril Industries | Anduril Industries |
| Form factor | underwater | underwater |
| Maturity | commercial | production |
| Autonomy | — | — |
| Availability | internal-onlyenterprise | internal-onlyenterprise |
| Price | Not announced | Not announced |
| Capability claims | — | — |
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| Verified deployments | 1Anduril Industries | 2Anduril Industries, Anduril Industries |
| Privacy practices | — | — |
| Sources on file | 5 | 9 |
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Editorial summaries
Dive-LD
Anduril's Dive-LD is a large-diameter autonomous undersea vehicle and a modular-payload defense-subsea entry in DEPLOY's maritime cohort. Verified specs: up to 6,000 meters operating depth (a depth rating, not a hull dimension) and about 10-day endurance, for ISR, mine countermeasures, anti-submarine warfare, and seafloor mapping, running Anduril's Lattice autonomy.
It originates in Anduril's 2022 acquisition of Dive Technologies, and its Dive-XL variant is the commercial baseline for Ghost Shark. DEPLOY records commercial maturity. It is defense procurement equipment sold on contract; there is no consumer price.
Ghost Shark (XL-AUV)
Anduril's Ghost Shark is an extra-large autonomous undersea vehicle (XL-AUV) and the production-maturity anchor of the defense-subsea cohort, extending the new-defense AI-first model (Anduril, Shield AI, Helsing, and Saronic on the surface) into the subsea regime. It is co-developed with the Royal Australian Navy and the Defence Science and Technology Group, leverages Dive-LD technology and Anduril's Lattice AI, and is backed by an A$1.7 billion RAN production contract (September 2025).
Two cap-flags: the A$1.7B figure is the production contract, distinct from the A$140M 2022 co-development funding that aggregator reporting sometimes conflates with it; and detailed specs (around 12 meters length, plus displacement, endurance, and depth) are estimates, because the Australian Department of Defence withholds the design. It is defense procurement; there is no consumer price.
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Recent coverage
- An Explosion Knocked Out Anduril’s Rocket Motor Test Site in MississippiGhost Shark (XL-AUV) · Wired · 2026-07-01
- An Explosion Knocked Out Anduril’s Rocket Motor Test Site in MississippiDive-LD · Wired · 2026-07-01
- New Pentagon unmanned czar will oversee most drone programsGhost Shark (XL-AUV) · Ben Smith, Deploy Editor · 2026-07-01
- New Pentagon unmanned czar will oversee most drone programsDive-LD · Ben Smith, Deploy Editor · 2026-07-01
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