Role & capabilities
- Modular undersea sensing
- Deep-water survey
- Naval surveillance
- Primary domain
- Underwater
- System type
- Autonomous underwater vehicle
- Developer / manufacturer
- Anduril Industries
- Origin / production countries
- United States
- Other names
- No additional names recorded
- Variants / configurations
- Named configuration; see the evidence and specification notes
- Operators / programme customers
- Not established in the reviewed public sources
Evidence & current status
Public specifications are attributed to the cited sources. Advertised limits are not assumed to occur simultaneously.
Dive-LD is Anduril's large-diameter autonomous underwater vehicle, derived from the Dive Technologies business. It is marketed for both naval and commercial missions, including undersea survey and surveillance. The vehicle carries its own electric propulsion, energy and control systems, allowing untethered operation with equipment selected for the customer's mission.
A substantial flooded payload volume and open interfaces are central to the design. The published payload figure is a volume allowance, not a mass that can be carried in every environment. The manufacturer advertises roughly ten-day endurance and a 6,000-metre depth rating; these are configuration-dependent product limits, not an independently demonstrated guarantee under all payload and speed combinations. Handling options include vessel deployment and operations from shore infrastructure. Dive-LD is distinct from the larger Dive-XL and Australia's Ghost Shark programme. Their industrial relationship does not justify transferring dimensions, delivery milestones or performance figures between records. This entry therefore retains supplier-reported status unless a specific customer or vehicle configuration is supported by separate acceptance evidence.
Sourced specifications
Figures apply to the named configuration. Maximum values are not guaranteed operating performance.
| Specification | Reported value | Context & source |
|---|---|---|
| Configuration | Untethered large-diameter AUV | Published specification for the cited configuration; payload, environment and speed affect performance. Source ↗ |
| Hull / propulsion | Electric propulsion | Published specification for the cited configuration; payload, environment and speed affect performance. Source ↗ |
| Dimensions | Approximately 5.8 m long; 1.2 m diameter | Published specification for the cited configuration; payload, environment and speed affect performance. Source ↗ |
| Displacement / mass | Not established in the reviewed public sources. | Public data gap; no estimate or neighbouring variant value substituted. Source ↗ |
| Payload | Over 1 cubic metre flooded payload volume | Published specification for the cited configuration; payload, environment and speed affect performance. Source ↗ |
| Endurance | Approximately 10 days, configuration dependent | Published specification for the cited configuration; payload, environment and speed affect performance. Source ↗ |
| Range | Not established in the reviewed public sources. | Public data gap; no estimate or neighbouring variant value substituted. Source ↗ |
| Speed | Not established in the reviewed public sources. | Public data gap; no estimate or neighbouring variant value substituted. Source ↗ |
| Operating depth | Up to 6,000 m | Published specification for the cited configuration; payload, environment and speed affect performance. Source ↗ |
| Sensors | Not established in the reviewed public sources. | Public data gap; no estimate or neighbouring variant value substituted. Source ↗ |
| Communications / control | Not established in the reviewed public sources. | Public data gap; no estimate or neighbouring variant value substituted. Source ↗ |
| Launch / deployment | Vessel or shore deployment | Published specification for the cited configuration; payload, environment and speed affect performance. Source ↗ |
Publication history
- — Added sourced land and maritime coverage with domain-specific evidence and limitations.
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