Copperhead (UUV)

Overview

Copperhead is the name of a family of reusable unmanned underwater vehicles (drones) developed by Anduril. The family consists of two size classes of autonomous undersea vehicle, with both utility and "kamikaze"-style munitions (designated M) subvariants of each. The Copperhead-100M is roughly comparable in size and capability to the Mark 54 lightweight torpedo, and the Copperhead-500M is roughly comparable in size and capability to the Mark 48 heavy torpedo; however both Copperhead variants are significantly lighter and cheaper to manufacture. It is intended to supplement, rather than replace, traditional crewed submersibles and torpedoes.