AUKUS

Melbourne: Australia is set to boost its capability for domestic manufacturing of Precision Guided Munitions (PGM), by incorporating locally-made rocket motors and warheads into US Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (GMLRS) missiles. Under an agreement...

With China already flexing its muscles in the East and South China Seas, the Australia, India, Japan and the US Quadrilateral Security Dialogue, also termed ‘Quad’, was initiated in 2007 by Japanese Prime Minister...

Auckland: While momentum towards New Zealand joining up as an AUKUS Pillar II partner seems building, the country’s new defence minister says any decision is likely a long time away. The first briefing of the...

Washington: US Defence officials announced they completed a trial under the AUKUS security agreement involving the use of autonomous ground robotics while operating in a “congested electronic warfare environment.” The trial, dubbed the Trusted Operation...

Washington: The top defence officials from the United States, United Kingdom and Australia announced a raft of new initiatives associated with the AUKUS security pact’s second pillar, focused on trilateral maritime exercises and opportunities...

Washington: The US Navy will conduct its first submarine maintenance work in Australia next summer using the sub tender Emory S. Land, with 30 Australian sailors embarked to learn how to repair the Virginia...

  Washington: The US Navy is beginning to integrate its industrial base with those of Australia and the United Kingdom, despite Congress not yet passing several measures to enable the trilateral submarine-building arrangement AUKUS. AUKUS will...

Washington: The US Navy and the Defence Department completed an updated study of the submarine-industrial base, its upcoming workload, and what the military and industry ought to do to bolster the sector. Previous studies —...

Washington: A bipartisan group of senators is appealing to the White House to release Pentagon cost estimates related to the submarine-industrial base as the Biden administration and Congress move to implement AUKUS, the trilateral...

London: Artificial intelligence and autonomy companies from Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States are already feverishly developing and pitching tools to gather ever-more data and then help operators make sense of an...

  The rapid globalisation and increasing regional grouping like QUAD, AUKUS, I2U2, BRICS, SCO, SARC and BIMSTEC, diplomacy too is embracing new dimensions like digital, health, cultural, and most importantly, sports diplomacy. Unlike other forms...

New Delhi: With the PLA Navy of China expanding rapidly and increasing aggressive posturing in the Indo-Pacific, India is looking to upgrade its submarine deterrence in synergy with its QUAD partners. According to media reports,...

San Diego: At a meeting of AUKUS leaders, American President Joe Biden and those of Australia and the United Kingdom announced that Australia will purchase nuclear-powered attack submarines from the US to modernize its...