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America's Shipbuilding Revival Starts with Anduril #manufacturing #china #america #defense #navy

9 Mar 2026 · 1 min

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The video segment highlights the United States' dwindling shipbuilding capacity and introduces Anduril's initiative to revitalize it by focusing on modern, unmanned maritime platforms. It explains that Anduril acquired Dive Technologies in fall 2022, bringing the DiveLD autonomous underwater system into its portfolio. James, who now leads Anduril's submarine division and previously worked at Dive Technologies, joins the host aboard the U.S. Navy vessel Encourager, captained by Jarrett, to conduct a field test of the ruggedized DiveLD system. The discussion frames this effort as a step toward restoring U.S. shipbuilding through cutting‑edge, crew‑less vessels.

Perhaps you know this already, but the U.S. can barely make ships now. Which brings us back to Anduril. It wants the U.S. to make ships again. Only super modern ones without humans inside. And that brings us to James here.
Welcome aboard the Encourager. The Encourager? This is the Encourager.
He helps run Anduril's submarine division and used to work at Dive Technologies.
Dive Technologies was the precursor to Anduril's maritime footprint. Since early 2022 fall, Following our acquisition by Anduril, we've been working to rapidly ruggedize the sort of original concept of the DiveLD.
Today, James and I are on a mission. Yes, we have boarded the Encourager, helmed by Captain Jarrett and this load of seamen, to put the DiveLD to the test.
We got about an hour 20-ish steam out. This is our Quincy.