Doubts remain about the delivery timeline for the Australia-bound nuclear submarines and Donald Trump’s commitment to the ...

Canberra has sent the first down payment of a total $4.7 billion to prop up US shipbuilding efforts ahead of the planned ...

Australia has made its first $500 million payment to the United States under the AUKUS nuclear submarine deal ahead of a ...

The goal of 2.33 boats a year will allow the US to replace its ageing submarines and free up boats to transfer to Australia ...

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said President Donald Trump supported the AUKUS nuclear submarine deal, after Australia ...

Pete Hegseth hosted Richard Marles in Washington on Saturday in his first meeting with a foreign counterpart since he was ...

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth met with Australian Defense Minister Richard Marles at the Pentagon on Friday and affirmed ...

Australia has made its first AUKUS down payment to the US, transferring nearly $800m to help boost the country’s submarine ...

Defence Minister Richard Marles has met his newly appointed US counterpart Pete Hegseth in Washington D.C, spruiking ...

US President Donald Trump has flagged his support for AUKUS after the Australian government paid the US $798m as part of the ...

Australia on Feb 7 confirmed its first US$500 million payment under the defence pact. Read more at straitstimes.com.

welcomes Defence Minister Richard Marles, left, before the start of their meeting at the Pentagon on Saturday. AP The pair primarily discussed the trilateral AUKUS alliance including the nuclear ...