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flag Australia and the UK restart defence talks, focusing on nuclear submarine collaboration under AUKUS.

flag Australia’s Defence Industry Minister Pat Conroy is visiting the UK for the first Australia-UK defence industry dialogue since 2018, restarting formal talks as agreed in 2025. flag He met with UK Minister Luke Pollard and toured facilities building the SSN-AUKUS nuclear-powered submarines, part of the AUKUS security pact with the US. flag Under the agreement, Australia will initially acquire nuclear-powered submarines from the US while developing a new class collaboratively. flag The visit focuses on strengthening defence industrial cooperation, particularly in building Australia’s domestic workforce with nuclear expertise for operating and maintaining these vessels.

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