WASHINGTON — American defense tech firm Anduril and South Korean shipbuilder Hyundai Heavy Industries announced today they will partner to design a new class of maritime drones with hopes of securing a spot in the US Navy’s latest unmanned surface vessel program.
“Anduril and HD Hyundai’s ASV [autonomous surface vessel] is built for modularity, speed of production, and mission flexibility. Its open-architecture design supports interchangeable payloads, allowing the same vessel to perform intelligence, surveillance, strike, electronic warfare, and other missions through rapid reconfiguration,” according to a statement from the American firm. “The vessel’s distinctive central superstructure provides an unobstructed 360-degree field of view, enabling continuous…
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