As enemy submarines grow quieter and greater in number, the need for low-cost solutions to submarine detection grows. Autonomous systems provide a clear path to low-cost, low-risk anti-submarine warfare (ASW) capability but have, to date, been hampered by inadequate technology. Issues of range, endurance, sensitivity, communication, scale, and more have limited advances in autonomous or uncrewed ASW. Anduril and Ultra Maritime have developed an innovative approach to make autonomous undersea ASW possible.
The concept uses Anduril’s Dive XL to autonomously deliver and deploy Anduril’s Seabed Sentry modular undersea payload system, which in turn hosts Ultra Maritime’s Sea Spear lightweight sensing array as a payload. Once deployed, Sea Spear pushes Sonar processing to the tactical edge using modern AI techniques. The system then uses acoustic communications and Anduril’s Lattice framework to provide users with real-time, autonomous submarine sensing. Multiple systems can be deployed in a distributed manner, enabling a user to see and detect signals distributed across large ocean areas. The joint effort is well underway and will achieve end-to-end in-water testing in 2025.
