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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Christopher McKeon

Aukus nations to produce cutting-edge underwater drone kit

John Healey said the Aukus nations were ‘stepping on the accelerator’ with an agreement to develop underwater drone capabilities (Maja Smiejkowska/PA) - (PA Wire)

Britain, Australia and the US have announced the next step in the Aukus defence partnership with an agreement to produce kit for underwater military drones.

Defence Secretary John Healey announced the project alongside his US counterpart Pete Hegseth and Australian deputy prime minister Richard Marles at a defence conference in Singapore.

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