The Albanese Government is investing $1.7 billion to acquire a new fleet of Australian\u00ad\u2011designed and built extra-large autonomous undersea vehicles \u2013 known as the Ghost Shark \u2013 for the Royal Australian Navy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Defence has signed a contract with Anduril Australia for the delivery, maintenance and continued development of the Ghost Shark over the next five years. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The cutting edge platform is designed to conduct intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance and strike operations, stealthily and at long range. It will deliver a significant boost to Australia\u2019s undersea warfare capabilities \u2013 complementing Navy\u2019s future surface combatant fleet and conventionally\u2011armed, nuclear\u2011powered submarines. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
This announcement builds on the approximately $140 million the Australian Government has already invested in the development of the Ghost Shark platform, payloads and production facilities since entering into a collaborative contract with Anduril in 2022. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Working alongside Defence personnel, Australia\u2019s defence industry and workforce is crucial to delivering this capability. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
This five-year contract will support around 120 existing jobs and create more than 150 new highly-skilled, long-term jobs at Anduril Australia. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
There are now more than 40 Australian companies working as part of the Ghost Shark supply chain, which are expected to add a further 600 jobs as a result of this investment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Delivery of uncrewed undersea and surface vessels will provide Australia\u2019s Defence Force an asymmetric capability advantage \u2013 a key priority outlined in the 2024<\/em> National Defence Strategy<\/em>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Continued investment in this capability presents a unique opportunity for Australia to design, engineer, and manufacture sovereign uncrewed maritime warfare capabilities, with strong prospects for export opportunities. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Deputy Prime Minister, Richard Marles:\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe Ghost Shark is a world-leading platform made right here in Australia. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe Albanese Government\u2019s investments in the Ghost Shark are fast-charging the development of long\u2011range, undersea autonomous vehicles for our Navy while also backing Australian businesses. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cOver the next five years and beyond the Ghost Shark will equip Navy with the intelligence, surveillance and strike capabilities it needs in an increasingly complex strategic environment.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Minister for Defence Industry, Pat Conroy:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThis is a critical capability that the Albanese Government is delivering at pace \u2013 with all three prototypes delivered on budget and ahead of schedule.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cOur investment backs in 120 existing workers and creates more than 150 new high-skilled, local jobs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThis reflects the Albanese Government\u2019s unwavering commitment to supporting Australian innovation, backing Australian workers and building a defence future made in Australia.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Albanese Government is investing $1.7 billion to acquire a new fleet of Australian\u00ad\u2011designed and built extra-large autonomous undersea vehicles \u2013 known as the Ghost Shark \u2013 for the Royal Australian Navy. Defence has signed a contract with Anduril Australia for the delivery, maintenance and continued development of the Ghost Shark over the next five … Continue reading “Equipping the Royal Australian Navy with next generation autonomous undersea vehicles”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34859","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aussie"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34859","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34859"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34859\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34860,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34859\/revisions\/34860"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34859"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34859"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34859"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}