East Asia and Pacific Region
AUKUS Agreement: Australia Cannot Fix British And American Submarine Industrial Bases Capacity Problem
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East Asia and Pacific Region
Defence Minister Richard Marles wants to increase military spending by up to $25 billion to pay for new warships
Defence Minister Richard Marles wants to increase military spending by up to $25 billion to pay for new warships, weapons and base upgrades as he battles growing anger from contractors over the paralysis gripping big […]
East Asia and Pacific Region
Papua New Guinea has ruled out signing security pact with China
Papua New Guinea has flatly ruled out signing a security deal with China as Prime Minister James Marape touches down in Australia. Mr Marape will attend an official dinner with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in […]
Defense Industry
Australian Sailors Embed Aboard To Learn About Submarine Tenders For AUKUS Submarines
A group of 37 Royal Australian Navy officers and sailors have departed for Guam to embed on board USS Emory S. Land, the United States submarine tender. In December last year, Australia, the United States […]
East Asia and Pacific Region
U.S. Industrial Base To Support Australia’s SSN AUKUS Class Submarines
The US submarine industrial base can and will support the AUKUS defence technology partnership to supply Australia with nuclear-powered submarines and will itself be strengthened by that project, a senior Pentagon official said on Wednesday. […]
East Asia and Pacific Region
Australia’s Hunter-class Frigate Procurement Process Was Flawed While Australia Faces Unprecedented China Tensions
A review into Australia’s procurement of the Hunter-class frigate has found serious issues with the procurement process that led to the BAE Systems Type 26 design being selected for the Royal Australian Navy’s future frigates. […]
East Asia and Pacific Region
Australian Navy’s SSN-AUKUS (SSN-A) will receive evolved version of AN/BYG-1 combat control system
Australia’s Minister for Defence Industry has revealed that Australia and the United Kingdom’s future attack submarine, known as SSN-AUKUS (SSN-A) will use an “evolved version” of the AN/BYG-1 Combat Control System. Speaking at the National […]
East Asia and Pacific Region
Australia to spend $366 million to create naval nuclear safety regulator
Australia will spend $366 million to create a naval nuclear power safety regulator as part of the AUKUS programme to acquire conventionally armed nuclear submarines, a government economic update showed on Wednesday. Australia will buy […]
East Asia and Pacific Region
Babcock Australasia, Bechtel Australia and HII Sign MOU on AUKUS Submarine Delivery
In an AUKUS-first collaboration, Babcock Australasia, Bechtel Australia and HII have agreed to work together to identify opportunities to leverage their complementary set of skills and experience to establish and support Australia’s conventionally armed nuclear-powered […]
East Asia and Pacific Region
AUKUS Deal: U.S. Congress Passes Legislation Allowing Transfer of Nuclear Submarines to Australia
The US Congress has passed legislation allowing the country to sell Virginia class submarines to Australia under the Aukus security pact. Sweeping legislation covering a wide range of military priorities including Aukus passed the US […]