The Defense Innovation Unit and the U. S. Navy have selected anduril industries to participate in the Combat Autonomous Maritime Platform Project (CAMP) and deliver a long-duration demonstration of the Dive-XL extra-large autonomous underwater vehicle. Under CAMP — described in program materials as a U. S. Department of War effort to rapidly prototype and field XL-AUVs — Anduril will complete an operationally representative demonstration of Dive-XL within 4 months of contract award.
Anduril Industries To Demonstrate Dive-XL Within 4 Months
The selection follows Anduril’s completion of the longest XL-AUV demonstration conducted to date, a test that validated extended-range performance and system endurance in operationally relevant conditions. Under the CAMP initiative, the company is expected to repeat that pace with a near-term, long-duration demonstration intended to show the Dive-XL’s capability for distributed maritime operations.
CAMP frames the work as a path to rapid prototyping and experimentation: it aims to field extra-large autonomous undersea vehicles and enable the U. S. Navy to experiment with XL-AUVs at meaningful scale, establishing a deliberate pathway toward wider adoption and operational deployment.
Operational Track Record, Production Capacity and Strategic Stakes
Anduril’s autonomous undersea vehicles have accumulated over 42, 355km and 6, 752 hours of mission time, metrics cited as evidence of maturity, reliability, and long-duration capability needed for extended-range operations. The company currently operates multiple Dive-XL vehicles in the United States and is producing Dive-XLs in Sydney, Australia.
That production is complemented by a purpose-built facility in Quonset Point, Rhode Island, designed to deliver dozens of Dive-XLs and hundreds of Dive-LDs per year. Anduril’s ability to deliver Dive-XL is described as rooted in prior execution, including a 2025 program of record with the Royal Australian Navy for Ghost Shark, which delivered an extra-large autonomous undersea vehicle and a dedicated production facility on accelerated timelines.
Long-range autonomous undersea systems are presented as having the potential to change the balance beneath the waves: they are intended to allow the United States and its allies to extend reach, hold risk at distance, and operate persistently in contested environments. Dive-XL is framed as a move from concept to operational capability in that context.
The near-term milestone is the long-duration demonstration to be completed within 4 months of contract award under CAMP. That test is positioned as the next step in proving XL-AUV utility at scale and informing potential wider fielding decisions.
