Copperhead
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Copperhead

AndurilUnited States🇺🇸
Dual-UseAUVunderwateractive

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Overview

High-speed software-defined AUV family with Copperhead-100/500 and Copperhead-M variants for rapid undersea sensing, payload delivery, and autonomous maritime effects.

Copperhead is Anduril's dual-use high-speed AUV family for rapid undersea sensing, payload delivery, and autonomous maritime effects. Official Anduril product metadata describes Copperhead as an autonomous undersea vehicle delivering on-demand maritime capability with sprint speeds over 30 kts and scalable payload options. Public release coverage describes Copperhead-100 and Copperhead-500 vehicles for commercial and defense missions such as search and rescue, critical infrastructure inspection, environmental monitoring, sensing, magnetometer work, side-scan sonar, and chemical detection. The Copperhead-M munition variants are described as torpedo-like payloads designed to be carried by autonomous systems including Dive-LD and Dive-XL. Publicly available material reviewed for this entry did not disclose baseline dimensions, depth rating, endurance, or range.

Primary Roles

rapid-response undersea missionsmaritime surveillancepayload deliverysearch and rescuecritical infrastructure inspectionundersea strike

Notes

Anduril describes Copperhead as a high-speed autonomous undersea vehicle with sprint speeds over 30 kts and scalable payload options. Public release coverage identifies Copperhead-100 and Copperhead-500 baseline vehicles, Copperhead-M munition variants, and deployment from Dive-LD or Dive-XL. Public dimensions, depth rating, endurance, and range were not found in official product material.

Technical Specs

Speed
>30 kts
Payload
Scalable payload family; active/passive sensors, magnetometers, side-scan sonar, chemical detection, and Copperhead-M munition variants
Technical Documentation
Autonomy
autonomous

Also Known As

Copperhead-100Copperhead-500Copperhead-MCopperhead-100MCopperhead-500M
SeaDroneWorld IDSD-U-058

Data Source

Type: official company page
Verified: 2026-04-30
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