British firm BAE Systems will partner with ASC Pty Ltd to build Australia’s nuclear-powered submarines, in a major moment for the AUKUS programme. The submarine builder deal follows months of negotiations and is a monumental success for British industry. BAE Systems have been at the heart of the UK’s submarine enterprise ...
A new Defence and Security Cooperation Agreement has been signed at Parliament House, Canberra, by Defence Secretary Grant Shapps and Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Richard Marles. This agreement strengthens our partnership to meet the challenges of a more dangerous world. It includes an agreement which will make it easier for ...
Dstl and UK armed forces collaborated with Australia and the US in an AUKUS trial to accelerate the adoption and understanding of artificial intelligence (AI) and autonomous systems. The AUKUS Trusted Operation of Robotic Vehicles in Contested Environments (TORVICE) trial aimed to identify and resolve vulnerabilities of robotic vehicles and sensors that affect autonomous systems. Understanding ...
Experts from official DPRTE 2024 event partner, Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl), have achieved a significant milestone within Pillar II of the AUKUS partnership. The UK-provided artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms were recently used to process data on US Maritime Patrol Aircraft for the first time. US, Australian and UK defence ministers ...