Tag: AUKUS

AUKUS Pillar II: Nations claim AI ‘world-first’

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Defence teams from AUKUS nations have claimed a world-first with the use of artificial intelligence models on unmanned aerial vehicles, in an early demonstration of the security pact’s second...

‘Politically rushed’ AUKUS deal must be investigated

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Greens Senators, former Labor ministers, academic experts and retired senior defence personnel are demanding an investigation of the origins and feasibility of the AUKUS arrangement, including whether the strategic...

Nuclear waste is a $476m problem even before AUKUS

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
A long-planned nuclear waste facility to store and dispose of radioactive material that has built up over decades has secured significant funding after the former Coalition government settled on...

Defence accelerator to address ‘missing link’ with industry

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The development of critical technologies identified in AUKUS Pillar II like quantum and artificial intelligence will be “prioritised” as part of the Albanese government’s response to the Defence Strategic...

National Quantum Strategy won’t be raining dollars

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Federal Industry minister Ed Husic has dampened expectations of a big pool of new money being attached to the looming National Quantum Strategy, saying the government is taking a...