VAone
HD Hyundai autonomy system that sailed a 368-ton ship uncrewed off California in October 2026.
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Sailed the trial vessel
Autonomous Systems: Land & Sea: HD Hyundai sails 368-ton ship uncrewedBackground
VAone is the autonomy system that sailed a modified 368-ton former US Navy experimental vessel uncrewed for three and a half hours off Long Beach, California. HD Hyundai announced the trial on 19 October 2026.
Army Recognition reports that VAone was developed by HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering on the HiNAS Prime navigation suite of Avikus, an HD Hyundai subsidiary. It adds machinery monitoring, anomaly detection and damage control. Anduril's Lattice managed the mission.
Nearly 40 observers from the US Navy, US Coast Guard, Republic of Korea Navy and American Bureau of Shipping watched. A second prototype is under construction at Ulsan.
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