Ghost Shark is being jointly developed and funded by a partnership between Defence and Anduril Australia, and will become Mission Zero (0) for the Advanced Strategic Capabilities Accelerator (ASCA).Image rendering of the Ghost Shark autonomous submarine. Photo: Australian Department of Defence
Canberra and Anduril Industries have signed an agreement to expedite the Royal Australian Navy’s Ghost Shark autonomous submarine production.
The framework stipulates 40.2 million Australian dollars ($26 million) of investment provided by the government and the company to transition associated prototype developments to production.
Additional work includes the establishment of local manufacturing infrastructure to assemble the initial Ghost Shark production variant by the end of 2025. This site will also produce configurations for foreign military and commercial users once operational.
The Australian Department of Defence wrote that the agreement increases the government’s overall Ghost Shark investment to 90.1 Australian dollars ($58.4 million).