Reforms to Navy’s research office must come without sacrificing scientific freedom
The Office of Naval Research is going through a necessary evolution to ensure the Navy is prepared for decades to come, writes Lorin Selby.
Aussies to pour $3B into US nuke boat yards, long-lead items for AUKUS subs
"It's partly long-lead items but it's also partly working on those yards where our submarines will come out of for us,” Vice Adm. Jonathan Mead told Breaking Defense.
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Data overload threatens decisionmakers as autonomy expands
Reducing cognitive overload on warfighters while improving “time to trust” for autonomous systems is a matter of design.
Aussie PM fends off AUKUS challenge from unions
“We have to analyse the world as it is rather than as we would want it to be. We have to bring our defense capabilities up to speed and AUKUS is central to that,” Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said.
US, Japan, South Korea announce push to boost missile defense data sharing
The United States, in a rare mention of nuclear weapons, "reaffirmed its steadfast alliance commitments to Japan and the ROK backed by the full range of U.S. capabilities, including nuclear."
Facing US lawmaker concerns, Australian prime minister defends AUKUS sub efforts
A letter from key US lawmakers has raised concerns about the AUKUS plan down under.
‘Critical first step:’ Aussie, Chinese defense ministers meet for first time in 3 years
Richard Marles disclosed the meeting, which was unplanned and took flight from a dinner the two men attended: "We're sitting at the same table and we both agreed that it was important our two countries meet."
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Meeting Zero Trust goals while maintaining information dominance
Balancing security and access to data are critical to providing users with trustworthy, reliable data for real-time decisions.
Aussie PM says ‘extended’ visits for US, UK nuke subs likely at western port
Invitations may extend beyond US and UK in what Australian defense minister called a "new normal" of uncertainty in the Pacific.
‘Almost a melding’ of US, UK, Aussie services coming: NSC’s Kurt Campbell
The context for President Biden's almost four-hour discussion Monday night with President Xi Jinpeng, Kurt Campbell said, is "that the United States is here to stay in the Indo-Pacific, and we're going to defend and support the operating system that has been so good for so many of us for many years."
Aussie PM targets quantum tech, announces ‘critical technologies’ push
Australia’s ambassador to the US, Arthur Sinodinos, confirmed unequivocally that the “mature” submarines his country will buy will use highly enriched uranium: “The subs would be using HEU, and we’re just working out now the arrangements what that will mean in practice.”
Aussies to pick ‘mature’ nuke sub design; Is UK’s Astute class frontrunner?
Analyst Tim Walton thinks it'd be wise for Australia to field other, complementary undersea warfare capabilities such as "the Transformational Reliable Acoustic Path System and mobile sensors such as Wave Gliders with towed arrays to inexpensively monitor straits and ocean areas."
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Keeping sensitive information safe in a new AI era
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AUKUS Must Be A Test Case For Better US Arms Exports To Australia
Arthur Culvahouse Jr., who served as US Ambassador to Australia from 2019 to 2021, makes the case for why AUKUS needs to be the start, not the end, of strengthening industrial ties with the US.
O No Canada: Is A Three-Eyed AUKUS An Augury For Change?
When Australia, the US and UK announced a new pacific-focused defense agreement last month, it was hard not to notice that the deal excluded the other two members of the Five Eyes intelligence agreement. Local media in Canada certainly seized on it to raise questions about Ottawa’s standing in the world. Bill Greenwalt, a member […]
Nuke Sub Accord ‘First Step’ For Deeper US-Aussie Cooperation; Aussies Get NRO Ties
"This does not mean there are not constructive areas of engagement with China," Australia Foreign Minister Foreign Minister Marise Payne said at the State Department today. She then noted that "US leadership within the Indo-Pacific remains indispensable."
In Surprise Move US, UK Agree To Share Nuclear Submarine Tech With Australia
A US official called the move the "biggest strategic step Australia has taken in generations."