AUKUS allies look to civilian industries for a seabed warfare advantage

By Nick Wilson / December 6, 2024 at 1:44 PM
NORFOLK, VA -- On a blustery December day at Naval Station Norfolk, sailors from the United States, United Kingdom and Australia were busy preparing a small fleet of robotic and unmanned undersea systems for two weeks of offshore experimentation intended to expand subsea and seabed warfare capabilities under AUKUS Pillar II. Known as AUKUS SSW Event #2, the joint exercise is drawing on available technologies, used by companies in commercial offshore industries like intercontinental communications and oil and gas, to...

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