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Anduril says its Ghost Shark proves that UUVs can be designed and built quickly.

AI in military technology represents a major change, akin to atomic weapons, reshaping warfare and defense strategies globally.

Australia has been focusing on uncrewed systems solutions as a way of expanding coverage of its extensive maritime exclusive economic zones and as a way of expanding mass for the Royal Australian Navy.

 Today, Anduril is announcing partnerships with ten key Australian suppliers who are collaborating on the Ghost Shark program. Through these partnerships, Anduril is building a resilient Australian supply chain as manufacturing of the first prototype

As a major naval expo gets under way in Sydney, local suppliers are being signed up to build Australia’s first robot submarine.

US News: The deployment of autonomous robots powered by AI is expected to transform military power and reshape the rivalry between China and the United States.

The Australian Navy is investing in two different submarine technologies to counter the rising power of China. One approach involves building expensive nuclear-powered submarines, while the other focuses on developing cheap and fast unmanned submarines powered by artificial intelligence (AI), known as Ghost Sharks. The Ghost Sharks, costing less than 1% of the nuclear submarines, will be delivered by mid-2025. The use of AI and automation is revolutionizing military power and could potentially r...

This report is based on interviews with more than 20 former American and Australian military officers and security officials, reviews of AI research papers and Chinese military publications, as well as information from defense equipment exhibitions

One is pricey and slow: For a new force of up to 13 nuclear-powered attack submarines, the Australian taxpayer will fork out an average of more than AUD$28 billion ($18 billion) apiece. And the last of the subs wont arrive until well past the middle of the century.

Australia is investing in nuclear-powered attack submarines and AI-driven unmanned subs called Ghost Sharks to counter Chinas military expansion.