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Australian Submarine Agency

Five years of AUKUS: Building Australia's nuclear-powered submarine future

This week marks 5 years since Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States announced AUKUS, a landmark partnership to strengthen collective security and
  • AUKUS
 Dive operations underway in November 2025 during a Submarine Maintenance Period for USS Vermont. Image: U.S. Navy | Cmdr. Erik Wells
Australian Submarine Agency

Australian Submarine Agency marks 3 years of operation

The Australian Submarine Agency marks three years of operation, as delivery of Australia’s nuclear‑powered submarine capability under AUKUS gathers pace.
  • Agency news
  • AUKUS
Australian, UK and US personnel and industry representatives inspect the Australian-made High-Pressure Air Compressor that supported submarine sustainment on the Royal Navy’s HMS Anson at HMAS Stirling under AUKUS.  The unit was used to charge Emergency Breathing Device Apparatus tanks, supporting safe submarine operations.  Image by PO Phot Unaisi Luke; © UK MOD Crown Copyright 2026
Australian Submarine Agency

Australian industry drives AUKUS submarine sustainment milestone

DPM Marles visited Australian Safety Engineers in Canning Vale highlighting AUKUS opportunities for industry and workers enhancing defence capability.
  • AUKUS
  • Capability
Three suited officials stand by a reflecting pool with US and UK flags in a stone courtyard.
Australian Submarine Agency

AUKUS Defence Ministers’ meeting held in Singapore

Richard Marles, Pete Hegseth and John Healey met in Singapore, and re-affirmed their commitment to delivering the AUKUS partnership.
  • AUKUS
HMS Anson
Australian Submarine Agency

AUKUS enters new era with the arrival of UK submarine into Western Australia

HMS Anson has arrived at Western Australia’s HMAS Stirling for the first‑ever maintenance activity on a United Kingdom nuclear‑powered submarine in Australia
  • AUKUS
  • Western Australia
The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence, the Hon Richard Marles MP at an AUKUS Defence Ministers’ Meeting with UK Secretary of State for Defence, the Rt Hon John Healey and US Secretary of War, Pete Hegseth, to discuss and maximise the strategic benefits of the AUKUS partnership in supporting security and stability in the Indo-Pacific region and beyond.
Australian Submarine Agency

Fourth AUKUS Defence Ministers’ Meeting Held in Washington, D.C.

The U.S. Secretary of War hosted the Australian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence, and the U.K. Secretary of State for Defence, for the meeting.
  • AUKUS
British Minister RT HON Healey MP Visit
Australian Submarine Agency

UK delegation visits HMAS Stirling ahead of Submarine Rotational Force – West

Senior defence officials from the United Kingdom, led by UK Secretary of State for Defence, visited Western Australia’s HMAS Stirling last week.
  • AUKUS
  • Western Australia
The Honourable Richard Marles MP, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence, Australia and the Right Honourable John Healey MP, Secretary of State for Defence, United Kingdom (UK) signed the bilateral Nuclear-Powered Submarine Partnership and Collaboration Treaty (the Geelong Treaty) at the UK- Australia Defence Ministers’ Meeting in Geelong, Victoria.
Australian Submarine Agency

Treaty brings SSN-AUKUS a step closer

A treaty between the Governments of Australia and the United Kingdom (UK) has secured the delivery of Australia’s first locally constructed nuclear submarine.
  • AUKUS
  • Capability
USS Minnesota (SSN 783) en route to its port visit to HMAS Stirling, is surfaced off the western Australian coast.
Australian Submarine Agency

Building Strength: Australia’s Two Years on the Optimal Pathway

The Optimal Pathway announcement, made on March 14, 2023, (13 March US time) marked a significant milestone in Australia's defence strategy.
  • AUKUS
AUKUS logo
Australian Submarine Agency

Joint Leaders Statement to Mark the Third Anniversary of AUKUS

We the leaders of Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States, mark the third anniversary of AUKUS – an enhanced security partnership that promotes a f
  • AUKUS
The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence, the Hon Richard Marles MP, US Deputy Secretary of State, Kurt Campbell, and British Ambassador to the USA, Dame Karen Pierce, sign the AUKUS Agreement for Cooperation Related to Naval Nuclear Propulsion in Washington DC, 5 August 2024.
Australian Submarine Agency

AUKUS Agreement for Cooperation Related to Naval Nuclear Propulsion

On 5 August 2024, AUKUS partners signed the trilateral Agreement Among the Government of Australia, the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and No
  • AUKUS
  • Defence news
Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Richard Marles with South Australian Premier Peter Malinauskas meet with ASC workers in Adelaide.
Australian Submarine Agency

First group of Australian ASC workers depart for AUKUS training in Pearl Harbor

An important AUKUS milestone has been achieved with the first cohort of skilled ASC submarine workers departing for Pearl Harbor in the United States for compre
  • AUKUS
  • Workforce development