AUKUS
Newly formed defence company to support Australia’s nuclear-powered submarine procurement
US naval shipbuilder Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) and UK defence technology company the Babcock International Group have formed a new joint venture and entity to accelerate the development of critical sovereign capability for the AUKUS conventional armed, nuclear-powered submarine program. H&B Defence will combine nuclear submarine and shipbuilding experience from Australia, the United Kingdom,z and […]
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AUKUS: HII makes two key appointments in Australia
Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII) reports that its Mission Technologies division has appointed Tim Brown as vice president of operations and Terry Nichols as the managing director for two HII business areas in Australia that working to advance the goals of the Australia-United Kingdom-United States (AUKUS) trilateral partnership on behalf of HII.
Brown and Nichols will work from HII’s Canberra office, and both will report directly to Michael Lempke, president of Mission Technologies’...
https://www.marinelog.com/shipbuilding/aukus-hii-makes-two-key-appointments-in-australia/
Report to Congress on AUKUS Pillar 2
The following is the May 21, 2024, Congressional Research Service report, AUKUS Pillar 2 (Advanced Capabilities): Background and Issues for Congress.
From the report
AUKUS Pillar 2 refers to a suite of cooperative activities conducted by the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia to develop and field “advanced capabilities” under the AUKUS security partnership. To date, Pillar 2 activities have been coordinated among the three governments by a number of means, including topic-specific...
https://news.usni.org/2024/05/22/report-to-congress-on-aukus-pillar-2
HASC Chairman’s Mark Authorizes Second Virginia-class Submarine, Cuts $1B from Delayed Frigate Program
House authorizers added a second Virginia-class submarine in their mark of the Fiscal Year 2025 defense policy bill, a departure from the Biden administration’s decision to ask for only one attack boat in the annual request.
The House Armed Services Committee chairman’s mark of the bill, released Monday, shows lawmakers approving $1 billion for another Virginia-class attack boat. The HASC seapower and projection forces subcommittee’s mark of the...
Two companies selected to build Australia’s first nuclear-powered submarines
The Australian government has selected UK defence firm BAE Systems and South Australia-based shipbuilder ASC for the construction of Australia’s new fleet of nuclear-powered submarines as part of the AUKUS trilateral security pact between the United States, the UK, and Australia. Under the AUKUS...
BAE and ASC Pty Ltd selected to build SSN-AUKUS submarines
In what is scarcely a surprising move, the Australian Government has selected BAE Systems and ASC Pty Ltd to build Australia’s new fleet of SSN-AUKUS nuclear powered attack submarines. In the latest significant development in the AUKUS trilateral security pact between the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia, the news was announced yesterday by Australian Deputy Prime Minister, Richard Marles, and U.K. Defence Secretary, Grant Shapps,
Our relationship with is one that has stood...
https://www.marinelog.com/news/bae-and-asc-pty-ltd-selected-to-build-ssn-aukus-submarines/
New CBO report takes a hard look at Navy shipbuilding plans
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has released its latest analysis of U.S. Navy shipbuilding plan costs. Not for the first time, the CBO report finds costs would be higher than the Navy estimates and that the average annual appropriation required would be substantially higher than the average over the past five years.
As we’ve noted oftentimes, the Navy is the U.S. shipbuilding industry’s largest customer, so we can expect the CBO report to provide industry leaders with some less than light...
https://www.marinelog.com/news/new-cbo-report-takes-a-hard-look-at-navy-shipbuilding-plans/
China Near ‘Breakthroughs’ With Nuclear-Armed Submarines
By Greg Torode HONG KONG, Oct 9 (Reuters) – A submarine arms race is intensifying as China embarks on production of a new generation of nuclear-armed submarines that for the first time…
https://gcaptain.com/china-near-breakthroughs-with-nuclear-armed-submarines/
OPINION | Australia and India should cooperate in undersea search and rescue
India and Australia have an interest in addressing subsurface challenges in their shared maritime domain. As they and other countries in the region grow their submarine fleets, there’s a critical need to develop underwater search and rescue capabilities and considerable scope to work together. In...