悉尼：澳大利亚国防部周一（10月19日）表示，正通过为幽灵鲨自主潜艇配备“群”式空中无人机和水雷，提升其水下作战能力。
SYDNEY: Australia is boosting its undersea warfare capability by equipping its Ghost Shark autonomous submarine with "swarms" of aerial drones and sea mines, its defence ministry said on Monday (Oct 19).
美国国防科技初创公司安德里尔（Anduril）与澳大利亚国防科学家共同研发了这型超大型潜艇无人机，并正在根据一份价值18亿澳元（13亿美元）的合同为堪培拉建造幽灵鲨舰队。
US defence technology start-up Anduril jointly developed the extra-large submarine drone with Australia's defence scientists, and is building a Ghost Shark fleet for Canberra under a A$1.8 billion (US$1.3 billion) contract.
澳大利亚、英国和美国这三个奥库斯（AUKUS）伙伴国今年承诺，除了核潜艇合作之外，还将为水下作战中使用的无人机开发可互换的有效载荷。
The AUKUS partners of Australia, Britain and the US pledged this year to develop interchangeable payloads for drones used in undersea warfare, in addition to their nuclear submarine cooperation.
国防工业部长帕特·康罗伊（Pat Conroy）周一在悉尼表示，经过秘密试验，已批准三种有效载荷“去做我们不想让人类去做的事情”。
Defence Industry Minister Pat Conroy said in Sydney on Monday that after secret trials three payloads had been approved to "do things we don't want humans to do".
他对记者说，幽灵鲨将搭载多达12枚水雷、特种部队装备，以及安德里尔的高空（Altius）空中无人机——该无人机可在海上发射，形成群体以执行侦察和打击任务。
The Ghost Shark will carry up to 12 sea mines, equipment for special forces, and Anduril's Altius aerial drone that can be launched at sea to form swarms to conduct reconnaissance and strike, he told reporters.
他说，潜在的对手必须考虑到，任何停靠在澳大利亚码头的集装箱内都可能藏有一条幽灵鲨。
Potential adversaries will have to consider that any shipping container at an Australian wharf could have a Ghost Shark in it, he said.
“不仅这些集装箱里可能有幽灵鲨，而且这些幽灵鲨现在还有牙齿，”他说。
"Not only could there be Ghost Sharks in those shipping containers, but those Ghost Sharks now have teeth," he said.
2026年10月19日，澳大利亚国防工业部长帕特·康罗伊在悉尼安德里尔澳大利亚制造设施检查了一辆幽灵鲨自主水下航行器。
Australia’s Minister for Defence Industry, Pat Conroy, inspects a Ghost Shark autonomous undersea vehicle at Anduril Australia’s manufacturing facility in Sydney, Australia, on Oct 19, 2026.
澳大利亚因对中国海军的快速扩张和南海紧张局势感到担忧，正在迅速增加对无人机的投资。
Australia, concerned at the rapid build-up of China's navy and tensions in the South China Sea is rapidly expanding its investment in drones.
官员们表示，幽灵鲨能够远距离航行，并将与载人潜艇舰队协同作战。康罗伊表示，“许多其他国家”对采购幽灵鲨表达了兴趣。
The Ghost Shark can travel long distances and would work in tandem with the crewed submarine fleet, officials said. "A range of other countries" had expressed interest in acquiring the Ghost Shark, Conroy said.
美国海军情报总监在今年5月向美国政府一个委员会表示，中国正专注于研发水下传感器、武器和自主航行器，以应对美国潜艇。
China is focused on developing undersea sensors, weapons and autonomous vehicles to counter US submarines, the US Navy's intelligence director told a US government committee in May.
Anduril 本月早些时候赢得了一份价值29亿美元的美国海军合同，用于为美国海军的弗吉尼亚级潜艇制造部件，并表示将在美国建造一座新的潜艇造船厂。
Anduril earlier this month won a US$2.9 billion US Navy contract to build components for the US Navy's Virginia-class submarine and said it will build a new submarine shipyard in the US.
美国正寻求加快生产速度，以便能够根据AUKUS协议向澳大利亚出售这些潜艇。
The US is seeking to speed up production so it can sell the submarines to Australia under the AUKUS agreement.