Australia's ambassador to Washington said on Friday his country is working with the Pentagon on the U.S. Defense Department's ...

The Australian Collins-class submarine HMAS Dechaineux narrowly averted a catastrophic disaster in February 2003 when a seawater hose burst while it was operating at its maximum depth. -The rapid ...

For Australia, nuclear-powered submarines offer a powerful means to counter China’s growing naval reach and an escape hatch from a faltering agreement with a French firm to build diesel submarines.

AUKUS has dominated headlines since its 2021 launch, and new leaks about the Trump administration ‘wanting more’ have ...

Australia notified France that it will end its contract with DCNS, a majority state-owned company, to build the conventional submarines. Australia has spent AU$2.4 billion ($1.8 billion) on the ...

The AUKUS partnership has identified the “optimal pathway” to provide Australia with a conventionally-armed nuclear submarine by the 2030s using U.S. and British technologies.

Albanese must convince more Australians to accept that Canberra's alliance with the US is important but not the defining ...

Submarines that combine the best technologies from all three countries will be built and deployed by both Australia and the U.K. Britain is expected to produce its first AUKUS submarine in the ...

Along with the submarines, Australia will buy a number of conventional long-range strike weapons like the Tomahawk missile, and other precision strike guided weapons systems through AUKUS. 2.

The HMAS Sheean, a diesel-electric submarine, arriving in Hobart, Australia, in April. Nuclear submarines would enable the Australian navy to run deeper and more quietly.

Australia’s government says planned US$39.39 billion purchase of powerful new submarines is necessary, as instability in Asia looms.