# Ghost Shark (XL-AUV)

Manufacturer: [Anduril Industries](/companies/anduril)  
Category: maritime

## Summary

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.

## Top line

> Ghost Shark (XL-AUV) is internal use only (not for retail), no capability claims are on file, the model has no verified field deployments in the registry, and no incidents are on record.

## Readiness

- **Availability** (internal-only): Internal use only (not for retail).
- **Price honesty** (no-price): No price points on file for Ghost Shark (XL-AUV).
- **Capability honesty** (no-claims): No reviewed capability claims on file for Ghost Shark (XL-AUV).
- **Real-world use** (production): Maturity: production. No verified deployments in the registry.
- **Safety record** (no-incidents): No incidents on record. No verified deployments either.

## What it claims to do

_No reviewed capability claims on file._

## Price

_No reviewed price points on file._

## Real-world use

_No verified deployments on file for Ghost Shark (XL-AUV)._

## Safety record

_No incidents on record. No verified deployments either, so the absence is uninformative._

## Privacy

_No privacy practices disclosed or on file for Ghost Shark (XL-AUV)._

## Specs

- **notes**: [{"label":"Verified (strongest gating signal in the maritime set)","value":"Co-development contract May 2022 (Anduril Australia + RAN + DSTG, 3 prototypes over 3 yrs). 3 RAN prototypes ('Alpha' revealed Apr 2024) + 1 USN delivered ON BUDGET, AHEAD OF SCHEDULE. PRODUCTION CONTRACT: A$1.7B (~US$1.1B), announced ~Sept 10 2025, for 'dozens' of XL-AUVs over 5 years. First production hull off the Sydney line Nov 2025 (ahead of schedule), entered sea-acceptance testing. New MODEL under existing anduril; wired to lattice."},{"label":"CORRECTION (don't merge the two contracts)","value":"The dispatch's 'A$140M' is WRONG as a production figure: ~A$140M was the 2022 CO-DEVELOPMENT contract; the PRODUCTION contract is A$1.7B (Sept 2025). Do not merge them."},{"label":"Maturity = production (pre-full-rate)","value":"An A$1.7B allied-navy production contract + prototypes delivered ahead of schedule + a standing Sydney factory + first production hull off the line = the strongest gating signal in the maritime set. Not yet operationally fielded with the RAN (planned operational delivery Jan 2026 is forward-dated), so production / entering-service, not mature-fielded."},{"label":"Claimed but NOT verified","value":"Exact production quantity ('dozens'); full-rate-production 2026; the Jan-2026 RAN operational handoff (forward-dated); all hull specs (estimated, design withheld); Copperhead-from-Ghost-Shark integration."}]
- **specs**: Ghost Shark: extra-large autonomous undersea vehicle (XL-AUV) co-developed with the Royal Australian Navy + Defence Science and Technology Group; leverages Dive-LD tech + Anduril's Lattice AI. Dive-XL is the commercial baseline. Detailed specs (~12 m length, displacement, endurance, depth) are ESTIMATES - Australian DoD withholds the design.
- **formFactor**: maritime (autonomous SUBSEA vehicle / extra-large AUV (XL-AUV); defense; allied co-development)

## What's under the hood

- Runs on [Anduril Lattice](/brains/lattice) (os-layer)

## Frequently asked questions

### Is the Ghost Shark (XL-AUV) actually available for purchase?

Not available to consumers. In internal use by Anduril Industries.

_Source: [Profile of Anduril CEO Brian Schimpf (May 6, 2026)](https://fortune.com/2026/05/06/anduril-ceo-brian-schimpf-defense-tech-military-pentagon-palmer-luckey/)._

### What does the Ghost Shark (XL-AUV) cost?

Not announced.

### Where is the Ghost Shark (XL-AUV) being used?

No verified field deployments on record.

### What's the Ghost Shark (XL-AUV) running on?

Ghost Shark (XL-AUV) runs on Anduril Lattice (os-layer, production maturity).

### Is the Ghost Shark (XL-AUV) safe?

No incidents on record, but with no verified field deployments either, the absence is uninformative.

### How does the Ghost Shark (XL-AUV) handle privacy?

No privacy practices disclosed or on file for Ghost Shark (XL-AUV).

### Who makes the Ghost Shark (XL-AUV)?

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

_Source: [Profile of Anduril CEO Brian Schimpf (May 6, 2026)](https://fortune.com/2026/05/06/anduril-ceo-brian-schimpf-defense-tech-military-pentagon-palmer-luckey/)._

## Manufacturer

- [Anduril Industries (https://fortune.com/2026/05/06/anduril-ceo-brian-schimpf-defense-tech-military-pentagon-palmer-luckey/)](https://fortune.com/2026/05/06/anduril-ceo-brian-schimpf-defense-tech-military-pentagon-palmer-luckey/)

## Compared to

- [Dive-LD](/consumer/models/anduril-dive-ld)
- [REMUS (100 / 300 / 620)](/consumer/models/hii-remus)
- [Saronic USV (Corsair / Mirage / Marauder)](/consumer/models/saronic-usv)

## Sources

1. [First Ghost Shark XL-AUV delivered to Australian Navy (Nov 2025; ahead of schedule)](https://breakingdefense.com/2025/11/first-ghost-shark-extra-large-auv-delivered-to-australian-navy/)
2. [Anduril launches Ghost Shark Sydney factory; A$1.7B production contract (~Sept 2025)](https://www.navalnews.com/event-news/indo-pacific-2025/2025/10/anduril-launches-australian-ghost-shark-factory-in-sydney/)
3. [Ghost Shark program (2022 co-dev contract for 3 prototypes; RAN + DSTG)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghost_Shark_(submarine))
4. [Profile of Anduril CEO Brian Schimpf (May 6, 2026)](https://fortune.com/2026/05/06/anduril-ceo-brian-schimpf-defense-tech-military-pentagon-palmer-luckey/)
5. [Anduril raises $2.5B Series G at $30.5B valuation, led by Founders Fund (June 5, 2025)](https://techcrunch.com/2025/06/05/anduril-raises-2-5b-at-30-5b-valuation-led-by-founders-fund/)
6. [Anduril $30.5B valuation; Founders Fund $1B (June 5, 2025)](https://www.cnbc.com/2025/06/05/anduril-valuation-founders-fund.html)
7. [Anduril nears legacy-prime scale at ~$31B valuation (June 5, 2025)](https://fortune.com/2025/06/05/anduril-palmer-luckey-funding-30-billion-valuation-founders-fund/)
8. [Anduril targeting $60B valuation in new round (Mar 3, 2026)](https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/03/anduril-aims-at-60-billion-valuation-in-new-funding-round/)
9. [Anduril raising ~$4B at $60B valuation (Mar 4, 2026)](https://www.axios.com/2026/03/04/anduril-palmer-luckey-valuation)
10. [Anduril building Arsenal-1 hyperscale manufacturing facility in Ohio (Jan 2025)](https://www.anduril.com/news/anduril-building-arsenal-1-hyperscale-manufacturing-facility-in-ohio)
11. [Anduril to build ~$1B Arsenal-1 autonomous-weapons plant in Ohio (Jan 16, 2025)](https://www.defensenews.com/industry/2025/01/16/anduril-to-build-arsenal-1-autonomous-weapons-plant-in-central-ohio/)
12. [Inside Arsenal-1 as it preps for production (Mar 23, 2026)](https://www.axios.com/local/columbus/2026/03/23/anduril-factory-rickenbacker-facility-production)
13. [Anduril takes over the US Army IVAS program; Azure preferred cloud (Feb 11, 2025)](https://news.microsoft.com/source/2025/02/11/anduril-and-microsoft-partner-to-advance-integrated-visual-augmentation-system-ivas-program-for-the-u-s-army/)
14. [Anduril takes over Microsoft's $22B US Army headset program (Feb 11, 2025)](https://www.cnbc.com/2025/02/11/anduril-to-take-over-microsofts-22-billion-us-army-headset-program.html)
15. [Army approves IVAS novation to Anduril (Apr 2025)](https://breakingdefense.com/2025/04/anduril-gets-green-light-from-army-to-take-over-microsofts-ivas-project-exec/)

_Canonical: https://deploy.report/models/anduril-ghost-shark_