Minister for Defence
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Australia appointed a dry dock designer and secured a US submarine steel order, deepening AUKUS maintenance and industrial links.
Official announcements showed moves on EU scrutiny, defence investment, Russia sanctions, Cuba designations and IndoPacific maritime support.
Australia set US defence talks tied to AUKUS as New Zealand launched a biosecurity AI pilot to speed import health standards while retaining safeguards.
Australia committed another $4.6bn to the Osborne submarine yard, raising total investment to $8.5bn under its AUKUS programme.
EU and 6 governments moved on defence production, air defence, election observation, development policy and IndoPacific security cooperation.
Australia completed a prototype missiledefence live fire as Germany deployed a Patriot unit to Türkiye under NATO air defence.
The UK led a 12country precisionstrike programme as Britain, the Netherlands and Australia advanced medical, industrial and counterdrone measures.
The Netherlands repatriated its USAR.NL team from Venezuela and committed €3m in relief supplies, with an additional €700k to the Netherlands Red Cross, the government said.
UK launches a defence space innovation competition with up to £985k for sensors, platform selfprotection and EM resilience, partnering with UK Space Agency and Dstl.