The following is the Feb. 11, 2025, Congressional Research Service report, Navy Virginia-Class Submarine Program and AUKUS ...

Former PM Malcolm Turnbull believes AUKUS is a "one-sided", bad deal, although the security partnership has cross party ...

Doubts remain about the delivery timeline for the Australia-bound nuclear submarines and Donald Trump’s commitment to the ...

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth met with Australian Defense Minister Richard Marles at the Pentagon on Friday and affirmed ...

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said President Donald Trump supported the AUKUS nuclear submarine deal, after Australia ...

A Rolls-Royce program set to supply reactor cores for Australia’s nuclear submarines has been branded as “unachievable” in a ...

Australia has made its first $500 million payment to the United States under the AUKUS nuclear submarine deal ahead of a ...

Defence Minister Richard Marles has become the first foreign counterpart to be hosted by the new US Secretary of Defence ...

Australia said the gesture showed that Canberra is paying its way as a security partner. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Australia on Feb 7 confirmed its first US$500 million payment under the defence pact. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Mr Hegseth said President Trump supported AUKUS after the Albanese government delivered a $798m payment from a $4.78bn commitment to help the US with submarine manufacturing. “The President is ...

Under the Aukus submarine programme, the US will supply several Virginia-class nuclear-powered submarines to Australia in the early 2030s while Canberra will pay Washington US$3 billion to boost ...