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Anduril and HD Hyundai start production of first autonomous surface vessel for potential US Navy MUSV contender

Anduril and South Korea’s HD Hyundai say the first ship in a new class of autonomous surface vessels is now entering production as the team positions it as a potential candidate for the US Navy’s Medium Unmanned Surface Vessel (MUSV) program. The partners expect the first vessel to be in the water this October.

Discovered 2026-04-20T11:17:51.789110-07:00 | 2026-04-20T11:17:51.789110-07:00

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The milestone pushes the MUSV concept from concept work toward an on-water deliverable, reinforcing the Navy’s effort to evaluate surface-unmanned force packaging for distributed maritime operations (see US Navy to deploy a medium unmanned surface vessel with USS Theodore Roosevelt strike group).
It’s a key signal of industrial scale-up for autonomous maritime platforms, with production starting on a “new class” ship aligned to the MUSV pathway.
The move builds on Anduril’s broader autonomy-in-maritime track record, including undersea autonomy initiatives, demonstrating sustained effort to mature unmanned maritime systems across domains (see US Navy, DIU select Anduril’s Dive-XL for CAMP trials).

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