![]() ![]() The company has a workforce of about 40 people in Australia. Sometimes that’s going to be distributed at longer ranges.”Īnduril’s Ghost Shark contract is with the Defence Science and Technology Group (DSTG) and the Royal Australian Navy to build three prototypes and a plan to manufacture them at scale.Īnduril is providing $70m of the funding, while the government is providing the other $70m. “Sometimes that’s going to be very close. The idea for Ghost Shark is not that it’s a submarine fleet independent of the rest of the navy it’s that it’s an integrated part of the way they think about operating and that you have these systems all working together. “They’re definitely going to be working together in one way or another. “I think the oceans are becoming more transparent, but with smart techniques to keep your larger signature assets out of those transparent areas and to use autonomy to penetrate into them, it’s still a place where you can get a lot done,” he said. He said autonomous systems could dive “much, much deeper than most manned submarines”. ![]() “It stands to reason if you’re a smaller system using less power, you’re going to be harder to detect.” Luckey, whose company has headquarters in the US, did not suggest crewed submarines would become obsolete, but said they could increasingly work together with autonomous systems. Sign up for Guardian Australia’s free morning and afternoon email newsletters for your daily news roundup The detailed Aukus plans – estimated to cost $268bn to $368bn between now and the mid 2050s – have led to increased commentary that scientific and technological developments will make it harder to hide the presence of submarines.Īn Australian National University report, Transparent Oceans?, said oceans were “likely” or “very likely” to become transparent by the 2050s. “I think the future of undersea warfare is going to be defined by having large numbers of autonomous underwater systems that are managed by relatively small numbers of people, who are able to stay more out of harm’s way and more out of range of the bad guys, by teaming with these autonomous systems.”Īs part of the Aukus deal, Australia is planning to buy at least three Virginia class nuclear-powered submarines from the US in the 2030s before the next generation of Australian-built, British-designed submarines enter into service from the 2040s. ![]()
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