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Navy/USMC

Anduril Announces New Copperhead UUV, Includes Torpedo-Like Variant

Monday, April 7th, 2025

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Anduril Announces New Copperhead UUV, Includes Torpedo-Like Variant

Anduril’s new Copperhead-100 and 500 unmanned undersea vehicles (UUVs), which both come in Copperhead-M munition variants. (Image: Anduril)

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. – Anduril on Monday announced its new Copperhead family of unmanned undersea vehicles (UUVs) meant to be launched from a larger undersea drone and featuring a torpedo-like variant. Unveiled during the annual 2025 Sea-Air-Space expo here, the company argued future naval victories will “require large fleets of autonomous subsea, surface, and air vehicles capable of bringing advanced awareness and overwhelming adversaries with mass maritime effects.” Anduril said the new Copperhead UUVs fit this bill and can be…

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