Key time for AUKUS submarine workforce
Australia stands at an inflection point, where the government’s near-term success in preparing its national workforce will determine the future of its defence capability,...
Astute lessons for Australia’s submarine workforce
By Samuel Garrett*
Senior officials in Australia, the United States and the United Kingdom continue to sing the praises of the AUKUS agreement. The likely...
US Congressional Report on Virginia-class and AUKUS Submarine plans
On 13 December the US Congressional Research Service published a 106-page report on the Virginia-Class Submarine Program and AUKUS Submarine Proposal.
The proposed first major...
China’s new sub silently introduced
The Dec 3 three-nation announcement of progress on the AUKUS pact to deliver nuclear-powered submarines and other high-tech capacities keeps the deal’s momentum going....
Congress approves Australian sub purchases
Australia is set to acquire its first nuclear-powered submarine by 2032 after key members of the United States Congress agreed to fast-track legislation to...
AI to track Chinese submarines
Australia will join the US and UK to test a new way of tracking Chinese submarines using artificial intelligence, with the news coming a...
Govt defends naval budgeting
Three days before the defense ministers of AUKUS are gathering in California, the Australian minister for defense industry, Pat Conroy, offered a full-throated defense...
Australian Nuclear-Powered Submarines: Addressing the why?
In this episode of the #saltwaterstrategists, Goldrick Seminar series, we hear from Rear Admiral Matt Buckley, Head Nuclear-Powered Submarine Capability on Australian Nuclear-Powered Submarines:...
More details on AUKUS subs timeline
The U.S. Navy intends to sell Australia used Virginia-class attack submarines in 2032 and 2035, plus a new boat in 2038, leaders said, Defense...
More time at sea and better readiness
“It’s counterintuitive,” the head of U.S. submarine forces acknowledges, but the Navy’s ballistic missile submarine force is spending more time operating at sea while...