HD Hyundai
South Korean shipbuilding holding group testing uncrewed ships with Anduril off California.
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Autonomous Systems: Land & SeaRan an uncrewed trial on a 368-ton vessel
Autonomous Systems: Land & Sea: HD Hyundai sails 368-ton ship uncrewedBackground
HD Hyundai said on 19 October 2026 it had sailed a modified 368-ton former US Navy test vessel off Long Beach, California, for three and a half hours with nobody steering. Its VAone autonomy sailed the ship and Anduril's Lattice ran the mission. A second prototype is due to launch at Ulsan in November.
HD Hyundai is the holding company of a group that includes HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering, which controls the group's shipyards, and Avikus, its autonomous-navigation unit set up in 2020. It signed a 2025 agreement with Anduril on uncrewed surface vessels, since widened to underwater vehicles.
Seoul cleared a 591bn won mine-warfare drone-boat programme in November, a domestic market for Korean yards with autonomy software of their own.
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