Australia unveils secretive Ghost Shark underwater drone payloads

CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand — Australian military officials have been furtive about how they will use Anduril-developed Ghost Shark extra-large autonomous underwater vehicles – or XLAUVs. However, they recently lifted the lid on some payloads the Royal Australian Navy is fielding. In an official unveiling at Anduril Australia’s manufacturing center in Sydney on Oct. 19, three Ghost Shark payloads were revealed. One entailed sea mines, another was a swarm of Altius-600 loitering munitions, and the third was logistics supply caches. In other words: Two of the three payloads comprise kinetic…