Andrew Shearer, Australia’s Director-General of National Intelligence, also discussed how analysts will use AI, and the “lively debate” about whether Japan could join the Five Eyes.
By Tim MartinHow to ensure readiness of next-generation defense technology: Solving the issue of massive heat.
High-performance systems generate tremendous amounts of heat that can compromise missions and make high-tech systems less effective in tactical environments. But there is a solution to this modern-age challenge.
Austin, AUKUS partners announce Pillar II plans: Maritime exercises, DIU challenges, industry forums
The State Department also cleared a potential sale of $2 billion-worth of training-related equipment to Australia for the nuclear-powered submarine portion of the AUKUS arrangement known as Pillar I.
By Justin Katz
“So I know people are frustrated, but the defence budget is increasing. Money is flowing to defence industry to deliver capable projects, critical capabilities,” Pat Conroy, minister for defense industry, said.
By Colin Clark
“If we want to fight as a system… you have to start sharing technology now,” the former head of the Pentagon’s Joint AI Center told Breaking Defense. “We can’t build the system on the eve of battle.”
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.
A Navy official recently said the service had spent at least $200 million on a partnership with a non-profit company to help cultivate the submarine industrial base.
By Justin Katz
The proposed legislation “expands Australia’s backyard to include the US and the UK, but it raises the fence,” Chennupati Jagadish, Australian Academy of Science’s president, said.
By Colin Clark
The exercise between the US, UK and Australia comes just weeks after a trio of European nations said their respective subsea infrastructure had been damaged.
By Justin Katz
How to unlock innovation and savings for DoD: “commercial,” not COTS
Overmatch is fleeting and while traditional acquisitions can’t always keep up with new threats, a different and approved practice can.
Babcock Australasia’s Nick Hines said the companies envision an “AUKUS passport” to more easily track skills of the workforce for the subs, allowing the countries to trade workers and fill gaps quickly.
By Colin Clark
Vice Adm. Bill Houston said the sales of in-service Virginia-class subs will be in 2032, 2035 and a newly produced sub in 2038.
By Justin Katz
The retired lieutenant general, Peter Leahy, said he doesn’t see “much of a future for defense industry here in Australia, so we’ve got to pick up our game. I don’t think we can be taken seriously in the halls of Washington.”
By Colin Clark
“The president and Congress must go beyond one-off supplemental measures” to support Naval shipbuilding, writes Mackenzie Eaglen of the American Enterprise Institute.
By Mackenzie Eaglen
A number of lawmakers met with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese this morning on Capitol Hill following the Aussie’s Wednesday meetings and reception at the White House.
By Justin Katz
President Joe Biden and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will only hold general discussions about AUKUS today, administration officials told reporters.
By Justin Katz
In this op-ed, Bryan Clark lays out potential topics of discussion at this year’s Indo-Pacific Exposition in Sydney, Australia, such as the future of AUKUS.
By Bryan Clark