GovWire

One year ago, the Leaders of Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States announced the Optimal Pathway, an ambitious plan to deliver a conventionally armed, nuclear-powered submarine capability (SSNs) for the Royal Australian Navy.

AUKUS is built on the bedrock of decades of close defence, capability and technology cooperation between our three nations, and is a natural progression of our partnership. Today, AUKUS partners welcomed the announcement of the selection of ASC Pty Ltd and BAE Systems to build Australias SSN-AUKUS submarines, and the selection of ASC as Australias nuclear-powered submarine sustainment partner.

Read the full announcement here

Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States remain fully committed to this shared endeavour. These steps to grow Australias submarine construction and maintenance capability are critical to the AUKUS partnership, expanding trilateral industrial capacity and building the collective resilience of AUKUS partners to produce and sustain conventionally armed nuclear-powered submarines for decades to come.