Will Australia ever own Virginia-class SSNs – Turnbull argues no
In an address to the National Press Club this week, former Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull called for a proper and
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First SSN for 2025 docks at HMAS Stirling
US Virginia class submarine, USS Minnesota (SSN 783) has arrived at HMAS Stirling in Western Australia on 25 February for
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Working to protect undersea infrastructure
Royal Australian Navy deployable undersea warfare forces have joined the US Navy and Royal Navy in furthering subsea and seabed
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First Aussie to earn USN submariners’ ‘Dolphins’
The US Navy qualified the first Royal Australian Navy officer on a nuclear-powered Virginia-class submarine at Commander, Fleet Activities Yokosuka,
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Aussie sailors graduate from USN Nuclear Power School
In another significant milestone for the Australia, United Kingdom, United States enhanced trilateral security partnership AUKUS, the first seven Royal
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Nuclear-powered sub training on track
AUKUS has taken another significant step forward with the graduation of three Royal Australian Navy officers from the Royal Navy’s
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Enhancing AI to support the warfighter
Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States have furthered their co-development of resilient and autonomous artificial intelligence technology (RAAIT)
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First Australian sailors graduate from USN Basic Enlisted Submarine School
In a first for AUKUS, a group of Royal Australian Navy enlisted sailors has graduated from the United States Navy’s
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US submarine tender visits Sydney
More than 500 United States Navy officers, sailors and civilian mariners will enjoy the sights of Sydney in the coming
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First Australian submarine workers on AUKUS training at Pearl Harbor
The first cohort of skilled submarine workers from ASC have deployed to the USA for comprehensive sustainment training on nuclear‑powered submarines.
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US submarine tender (with 30 Aussie crew) visits Darwin
Australia has welcomed the United States of America’s submarine tender USS Emory S. Land to Darwin for a port visit.
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Arms-trade regulations to be relaxed for AUKUS
Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States have released proposed changes to national exemptions to remove export controls between
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AUKUS sub build and sustainment partners announced
Australia’s sovereign submarine build partner and sovereign-submarine sustainment partners were announced by the government yesterday.. FILE PHOTO: Artists concept of
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Making the tiniest things count in war
Harnessing quantum behaviours to develop advanced technologies could enable Defence to provide the warfighter with an asymmetric advantage. CAPTION: Head of
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Submariner’s accomplishments commended
Two years since completing an exchange posting aboard a US Navy nuclear-powered submarine, an Australian submariner received the United States
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AUKUS trials artificial intelligence in robotic vehicles
Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States have successfully demonstrated the integration of advanced autonomy and artificial intelligence (AI)
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Three Royal Australian Navy officers pass second phase of US nuclear school
Three Royal Australian Navy officers graduated from the US Navy’s Nuclear Power Training Unit (NPTU) in Charleston, South Carolina on
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Work begins on Australia’s nuclear-submarine construction yard
Preliminary enabling works on a new Submarine Construction Yard at Osborne, South Australia, have begun – which will eventually become
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Australia authorised to buy Virginia-class submarines
Today the US Congress passed the 2024 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which includes substantial enabling provisions for Australia’s AUKUS
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New Australian Submarine Agency to manage nuclear subs
The Australian Submarine Agency (ASA) – which will be responsible and accountable for the management and oversight of the nuclear-powered submarine
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