HD Hyundai, Anduril to Build First Korea-U.S. Joint Venture Unmanned Surface Vessel

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HD Hyundai is moving swiftly to target the U.S. unmanned vessel market.

HD Hyundai held a launching ceremony on the 12th at HD Hyundai Heavy Industries in Ulsan for an unmanned surface vessel jointly developed with U.S. defense company Anduril.

The vessel launched this time is a medium-sized unmanned surface vessel (ASV, Autonomous Surface Vessel) with a light displacement of 600 tons, built by HD Hyundai.

It is significant that construction was completed within one year after the agreement was signed in November 2025. In particular, it is positive as it demonstrates the construction capability to respond quickly to the U.S. unmanned vessel market, which is expected to expand in the future.

The vessel built by HD Hyundai Heavy Industries and Anduril is equipped with 'VAone,' a total vessel autonomy solution independently developed by HD Hyundai Heavy Industries, and 'Lattice,' Anduril's mission autonomy solution.

VAone is an unmanned and autonomous operation system that integrates not only the automation of key institutional investor operations of the vessel but also an institutional investor autonomy system capable of automating responses when abnormal signs occur, a damage autonomy solution that detects abnormal signs related to vessel safety and automatically avoids them, and Abicous's navigation automation solution.

In addition to this, by combining Anduril's Lattice platform, they completed autonomous unmanned surface vessel technology that automates the entire range of unmanned composite missions, including navigation, institutional investor, damage control, and weapons operation.

Shane Annett, Senior Vice President of Anduril, stated, "This vessel is an example showing what kind of results Anduril and HD Hyundai can achieve through cooperation."

HD Hyundai successfully held a joint demonstration of unmanned surface vessel autonomous navigation with Anduril in the waters off Long Beach Port in California, U.S., last October.

An official from HD Hyundai, who spoke by phone with this outlet, said, "This success case can be called an outstanding achievement combining HD Hyundai's vessel construction capability and unmanned operation technology."

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