The AUKUS partners advertised their testing of drone networks at this years Autonomous Warrior exercise in Australia.

Australia will plunge billions of dollars into a revamped defence shipbuilding precinct in Western Australia.

USS Hawaii (SSN 776) has arrived at HMAS Stirling, where Australian personnel will collaborate with U.S. counterparts and the USS Emory S. Land (AS 39) for significant maintenance during a Submarine Tendered Maintenance Period (STMP).

The U.S. Navy submarine tender USS Emory S. Land (AS 39) pulled into HMAS Stirling, Aug. 16, marking the seventh port visit in Australia since the ship left its homeport of Guam, May 17.

"NSM represents the fastest introduction into service of long range missile capability in our Navy today," Vice Admiral Hammond said.

The United Kingdom and Australia’s future SSN-AUKUS submarines will probably be operated by an integrated crew made of Australian and British sailors, the UK’s First Sea Lord said at the IODS Conference in Perth. 

IODS 2024 has already achieved landmark status, with the naval chiefs of all three AUKUS nations to speak at the conference. This marks the first time they will meet in Australia.

AUKUS pillar 2 calls for the capacity to launch and recover uncrewed underwater vehicles (UUVs) from submarine torpedo tubes.

Australia will slash the number of Hunter frigates being bought to free up funding for "Tier 2" small warships that will help double the fleets size.