Stealth Electric Bikes, which produces military-grade electric bikes used by special forces, was overlooked in favour of a foreign producer despite spending $2m developing bikes for the nation’s postal fleet.
Joe Courtney, the Democrat co-chair of the Congressional Friends of Australia Caucus, says there’s a ‘systemic issue’ with the Pentagon and information about the AUKUS submarines review is coming in ‘dribbles’.
The Albanese government must transform and fortify northern Australia into an allied military stronghold, to respond to the ‘growing possibility’ of conflict with China, says a key US think tank.
Australia and the UK have reached agreement on a 50-year AUKUS pledge, despite the thunder clouds presented by a US-led review into the sub deal.
AUKUS will be the focus of talks between UK and Australian ministers including British Foreign Secretary David Lammy and Defence Secretary John Healey, in Sydney on Friday.
Appearing alongside Scott Morrison, Rahm Emanuel made the case for the US to lead a strong ‘anti-coercion coalition’ along with allies like Australia to counter Beijing’s growing influence.
Labor is taking tentative first steps to introduce counter-drone technologies with a $17m investment to test a range of new capabilities, including signal jammers and high-energy lasers.
Fewer than a handful of people have joined the Australian Defence Force in the year since the Albanese government allowed citizens from the Five Eyes partners to enlist.
The leaders of the US house select committee on the CCP have delivered a strong endorsement of AUKUS ahead of testimony on the security agreement from Scott Morrison.
Japan is vowing to kick-start an advanced manufacturing boom in Australia’s defence sector if the government selects its Mogami-class frigate for a $10bn-plus contract to build the navy’s newest warships.
Anthony Albanese says he will draw clear lines when he meets Donald Trump on the limits of the nations’ partnership.
The MUA argues that the WA government’s own recent assessment further supported the case to delay the development of a new container port near HMAS Stirling naval base.
More than half of the 49 Australian tanks pledged to Ukraine have arrived, nine months after the Albanese government committed to a $245m military aid package.
Companies controlled by the family of a Shanghai businessman with connections to the Chinese Communist Party’s foreign influence arm have purchased two commercial properties located within port precincts earmarked for AUKUS submarine bases.
The former US national security adviser suggests the Pentagon is working in isolation on the AUKUS review and says Canberra should ensure it’s resolved before the PM meets Trump.
AUKUS critic Malcolm Turnbull discussed the pact’s challenges, including the capabilities of the US Navy, before Elbridge Colby was charged with leading a vital review into the partnership’s future.
Anthony Albanese has been warned that his election commitment to end Chinese ownership of the Port of Darwin could trigger a fresh campaign of economic coercion from Beijing.
Elbridge Colby’s determination to refocus US military on countering China highlights the contrary pressures on the Trump administration.
The PM is on a collision course with Donald Trump’s AUKUS review chief, refusing to bow to demands Australia pre-commit US-supplied submarines to a potential American war with China.
Multinational manoeuvres are the new normal as the Australia, the US and Japan prepare for a possible confrontation with China over Taiwan.
The Trump administration’s AUKUS review was not initiated to kill off the landmark security partnership, but is seen as a full-scale Pentagon endeavour to identify and get ahead of future challenges.
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Defence officials are bracing for the arrival of Chinese spy ships off Australia’s coast in coming days as Anthony Albanese prepares to press the flesh with Xi Jinping.
The Trump administration’s AUKUS review head, Pentagon official Elbridge Colby, is under attack over a decision to deny Kyiv defensive weapons, but The Australian has been told he was not responsible for the pause.
The Pentagon’s AUKUS review has only just started and the leader of the process, Elbridge Colby, is being attacked for blindsiding the White House on key policy calls.
The Defence team charged with establishing a $20bn guided weapons industry is yet to deliver an Australian-made missile but has found the time to produce a ‘Taste of Harmony’ cookbook with taxpayers’ funds.
Dozens of senior ADF officers and Defence public servants are facing the chop as Richard Marles prepares to roll out sweeping reforms amid ongoing tension over budget blowouts.
The US-Australia alliance could be heading for a dangerous period, with one flashpoint being Washington’s AUKUS review, which might be completed any day now.
Former ambassador to the US Arthur Sinodinos has urged the Albanese government to assure the Trump administration it is not going its own way on foreign policy.
Fijian Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka says China should be blocked from establishing a military base in the region and backs Australia’s plan to recruit Fijians to the ADF.
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