AUKUS

AUKUS

Virginia-class fast attack submarine USS Minnesota (SSN-783) is seen off the coast of Western Australia, Australia March 16, 2025. Photo: COLIN MURTY/Pool via REUTERS

Australia pledges $2.7b to progress nuclear submarine shipyard build

Announced in 2021, AUKUS is Australia's largest-ever defence investment and will see US-commanded Virginia-class submarines based in Australia from 2027

US President Donald Trump welcomes Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese at the White House in Washington, DC, US October 20, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

Trump, Australia's Albanese sign critical minerals agreement to counter China

Richard Marles, Australian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence, speaks during an announcement at the Royal Australian Navy base HMAS Kuttabul, in Sydney, Australia, September 10, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Hollie Adams/File Photo

US will have access to Western Australia nuclear submarine shipyard: Australian minister

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio meets with Indian External Affairs Minister Dr. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong, and Japanese Foreign Minister Iwaya Takeshi at the State Department in Washington, US, January 21, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz/File Photo

Bilateral frictions to overshadow Rubio meeting with Indo-Pacific partners

FILE PHOTO: Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese speaks at the Sydney Energy Forum in Sydney, Australia July 12, 2022. Brook Mitchell/Pool via REUTERS

Australia PM Albanese to meet with Trump on G7 sidelines in Canada

The HMS Agamemnon nuclear submarine is docked outside BAE system factory with members of staff and members of the Royal Navy on the day of the visit of Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer, in Barrow-in-Furness, Britain, March 20, 2025. Photo: OLI SCARFF/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo

UK to expand submarine fleet as defence review calls for 'warfighting readiness'

Erika Olson, Charge d’Affaires, for the United States Embassy in Australia with Australia’s Defence Minister Richard Marles, and Minister for Defence Industry Pat Conroy, at the Avalon Air Show, in Victoria, Australia March 24, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Kirsty Needham

Australia to speed up $1 billion in defence spending in budget: defence minister

Virginia-class fast attack submarine USS Minnesota (SSN-783) is seen off the coast of Western Australia, Australia March 16, 2025. Photo: COLIN MURTY/Pool via REUTERS

US starts to build submarine presence on strategic Australian coast under AUKUS

Australian Defense Minister Richard Marles listens during the AUKUS Defence Ministers Meeting at Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich, London, Thursday, Sept. 26, 2024. Photo: Kin Cheung/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo

Australia to invest billions of dollars in nuclear submarine shipyard

US President Joe Biden, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak deliver remarks on the Australia - United Kingdom - US (AUKUS) partnership, after a trilateral meeting, at Naval Base Point Loma in San Diego, California US March 13, 2023. Photo: REUTERS/Leah Millis/File Photo

Australia signs $1.4 billion deal to upgrade navy submarines

US President Joe Biden, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak deliver remarks on the Australia - United Kingdom - US (AUKUS) partnership, after a trilateral meeting, at Naval Base Point Loma in San Diego, California US March 13, 2023. Photo: REUTERS/Leah Millis/File Photo

Australian diplomat says adding AUKUS partners 'complicated'

Australia's Foreign Minister Penny Wong, South Korea's Minister of Foreign Affairs Cho Tae-yul, Australia's Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Richard Marles, and South Korea's National Defense Minister Shin Won-sik pose for a photo opportunity during an Australia and South Korea Foreign and Defence Ministers' meeting in Melbourne, Australia, May 1, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Asanka Brendon Ratnayake

South Korea confirms talks on AUKUS pact with US, UK and Australia

US President Joe Biden, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak deliver remarks on the Australia - United Kingdom - US (AUKUS) partnership, after a trilateral meeting, at Naval Base Point Loma in San Diego, California US 13 March 2023. Photo: REUTERS/Leah Millis/File Photo

Australia confident about receiving nuclear submarines even though US funding request cut