The UK Defence Secretary Grant Shapps and the Australian Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Richard Marles have visited Rolls-Royces’s nuclear reactor manufacturing site in Derby, to meet the first… Continue reading "AUKUS: Grant Shapps and Richard Marles Visit Nuclear Reactor Factory"
The British Ministry of Defense announced on October 1 that the SSN-AUKUS program developing nuclear-powered attack submarines under the trilateral AUKUS program has entered its Detailed Design and Long Leads… Continue reading "AUKUS Submarine Program Enters Detailed Design Phase"
As part of the AUKUS agreement between Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States, Rolls-Royce confirmed in March 2023 that it would provide all of its nuclear reactor plants… Continue reading "Rolls-Royce Submarines to Expand Raynesway Site to Accommodate AUKUS Submarine Reactor Demands"
An audit by the Australian National Audit Office (ANAO) into the Department of Defence’s procurement of Hunter class frigates and naval shipbuilding program, revealed a lack of a “value for… Continue reading "Scathing Audit into Australian Department of Defence Procurement of Hunter Class Frigates Shows a Lack of “Value for Money Focus”"
The head of Australia’s AUKUS task force said on Tuesday that the design of the future nuclear-powered attack submarine to be built in Australia is “about 70 percent mature”, following… Continue reading "Australian AUKUS Task Force Head: New Submarine Design About 70% Mature"
According to four US officials speaking to Reuters on condition of anonymity, the US is expected to forward deploy a number of submarines to Western Australia as a stopgap measure… Continue reading "Australia To Purchase Virginia-Class Nuclear Submarines from US"
This week both Australia and Romania have confirmed the procurement of Kongsberg-Raytheon’s Naval Strike Missiles (NSM). Norway’s Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace signed a contract worth over $500 million with the… Continue reading "Australia & Romania Opt For Naval Strike Missiles"
On 7 December, Australian Defense Minister Richard Marles and UK Defense Secretary Ben Wallace met with their US counterpart Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin in Washington. This is the first… Continue reading "Trilateral AUKUS Defense Ministers Meeting Held for the First Time"
The Indian Navy (IN) held multiple naval exercises with various international partners during the past month. These included regular exercises such as MALABAR and SIMBEX as well as new exercises… Continue reading "Indian Navy Holds Multiple Exercises with Partners, MALABAR 2022 Concludes"
The United Nation’s International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) finalized a new report on the US-UK-Australia AUKUS alliance, drawing sharp criticism from China. The report looked into Australia’s nuclear submarine acquisition… Continue reading "China Protests IAEA’s Favorable Review of AUKUS Alliance"