AUKUS
Australia–UK–US security partnership
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| 2025 | Expected timeframe for AUKUS Quantum Arrangement (AQuA) to conduct trials and experiments on developing alternative positioning, navigation, and timing solutions. |
| 2024 | AUKUS partners announced plans to pursue opportunities in Long Range Fires under AUKUS Pillar II. |
| 2024 | Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese made undisclosed 'political commitments' with AUKUS partners regarding naval nuclear technology transfer. |
| September 2024 | Leaders of Australia, the UK, and the US issued a joint statement announcing consultations with Canada, New Zealand, and South Korea about potential collaboration on advanced capabilities under AUKUS Pillar II. |
| September 2024 | Leaders of Australia, the UK, and the US issue a joint statement exploring opportunities for Japan to improve interoperability of maritime autonomous systems as an initial area of cooperation within AUKUS. |
| April 7 2024 | Financial Times reports that AUKUS defence ministers will announce talks on expanding Pillar II of the alliance on the following day. |
| April 3 2024 | American Ambassador to Rahm Emanuel suggests Japan is 'about to become the first additional Pillar II partner' in an article published in The Wall Street Journal. |
| February 2024 | Australia agreed to brief New Zealand on AUKUS Pillar 2 developments following a joint bilateral meeting between Australian and New Zealand foreign and defence ministers in Melbourne. |
| February 12 2024 | The New Zealand Labour Party reversed its previous support for AUKUS Pillar Two, with associate foreign spokesperson Phil Twyford describing it as an 'offensive warfighting alliance against China'. |
| December 2023 | New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon expressed openness to joining the non-nuclear pillar of the AUKUS agreement during a state visit to Australia. |
| December 2023 | AUKUS governments announced acceleration of quantum technologies development for positioning, navigation, and timing in military capabilities, focusing on improving resilience in GPS-degraded environments and enhancing undersea domain stealth. |
| November 2023 | The United States Department of Defense announced a joint AUKUS exercise demonstrating capabilities for protecting underwater infrastructure and utilizing autonomous and semi-autonomous undersea systems. |
| July 2023 | US Secretary of State Antony Blinken stated that the 'door is open' for New Zealand to join the AUKUS security partnership. |
| July 1 2023 | The Australian Submarine Agency was established to manage the Australian nuclear submarine program, including personnel posted to the UK and US. |
| March 2023 | Fijian Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka met Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese during a brief stop in Fiji, expressing support for the AUKUS agreement and assurances that Australia's submarine push would not undermine the Treaty of Rarotonga. |
| March 2023 | New Zealand's defence minister Andrew Little announced that the country was offered an opportunity to discuss joining AUKUS for non-submarine cooperation areas and was willing to explore the proposal. |
| March 14 2023 | Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio expresses support for Australia's planned acquisition of US-made nuclear-powered submarines under the AUKUS partnership. |
| March 13 2023 | AUKUS announced a new nuclear-powered submarine class called SSN-AUKUS to be built in the UK and Australia. |
| 2022 | Following the Australian federal election, the new Labor government led by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese agreed to a €555 million settlement with French defence contractor Naval Group to resolve the submarine contract dispute. |
| December 2022 | East Asia Forum published an article analyzing AUKUS, highlighting Australia's need for an advanced industrial base to support nuclear-powered submarines, hypersonic, and AI military systems. |
| December 10 2022 | Australia's Minister for Defence announces their desire for Japan to join the AUKUS partnership. |
| August 31 2022 | The UK announced that Australian submariners would receive training aboard Astute-class submarines. |
| April 12 2022 | Sankei Shimbun reports that the United States, United Kingdom, and Australia are inquiring about Japan's potential participation in the AUKUS security framework, with discussions focused on hypersonic weapon development and electronic warfare capabilities. |
| April 5 2022 | AUKUS partners announced four additional areas of cooperation, including hypersonic and counter-hypersonic capabilities. |
| February 8 2022 | The ENNPIA treaty entered into force, enabling information sharing about naval nuclear propulsion. |
| November 2021 | Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe delivers a virtual address to the Sydney Dialogue, welcoming the creation of AUKUS and calling for greater Japan-AUKUS cooperation in artificial intelligence and cyberwarfare capabilities. |
| November 22 2021 | Australia, the US, and the UK signed the Exchange of Naval Nuclear Propulsion Information Agreement (ENNPIA) treaty, permitting the disclosure of nuclear propulsion information. |
| October 31 2021 | At the G20 summit in Rome, French President Macron publicly accused Australian Prime Minister Morrison of lying about the French submarine contract. |
| September 2021 | The annual Australia-US Ministerial Consultations (AUSMIN) endorsed increasing logistics and sustainment capabilities of US surface and subsurface vessels in Australia. |
| September 2021 | The Nuclear-Powered Submarine Task Force, an 18-month Department of Defence research project headed by Vice Admiral Jonathan Mead, began with assistance from the US and UK to decide the basic design and key technologies for Australia's nuclear-powered submarines. |
| September 30 2021 | After a call between French and US presidents, the French ambassador returned to the United States, signaling a potential diplomatic thaw. |
| September 29 2021 | EU-US trade and technology council talks take place in Pittsburgh after initially being postponed due to tensions surrounding the AUKUS agreement. France drops its previous opposition to the talks. |
| September 22 2021 | Indonesia's Commission I of the People's Representative Council urged President Joko Widodo to take a strong stand against the AUKUS deal through ASEAN, with Commission I member Rizki Aulia Rahman describing the formation of AUKUS as a threat to Indonesian national defence and sovereignty. |
| September 17 2021 | France recalled its ambassadors from Australia and the United States in response to the AUKUS submarine contract cancellation, marking an unprecedented diplomatic action against the US. |
| September 16 2021 | New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern issued a statement reiterating New Zealand's nuclear-free policy and confirming she was not approached about the AUKUS partnership, though she was the first foreign leader informed by Morrison prior to the public announcement. |
| September 15 2021 | AUKUS partnership officially announced, establishing a trilateral security agreement between Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States focused on promoting security and stability in the Indo-Pacific region. |
| September 15 2021 | Australia cancels the French–Australian submarine deal worth €56 billion, effectively ending the prior contract with French defence contractor Naval Group. |
| August 30 2021 | French and Australian defence and foreign affairs ministers released a joint statement reaffirming the submarine project. |
| June 2021 | Trilateral discussion held between UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson, US President Joe Biden, and Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison at the G7 summit in Cornwall, England. |
| March 2021 | US National Security Commission on AI issued a statement emphasizing the need to intensify local AI efforts and collaborate with allies in the emerging AI-driven competitive landscape. |
| March 2021 | Australian Navy Chief Vice Admiral Michael Noonan met in London with British counterpart Admiral Tony Radakin to request assistance in acquiring nuclear-powered submarines. |
| February 2021 | An initial submarine design plan was rejected as too expensive, with Naval Group given until September to improve their proposal. |
| 2020 | Australia and the United States signed an agreement to collaborate on flight testing full-size prototype hypersonic cruise missiles under the Southern Cross Integrated Flight Research Experiment (SCIFiRE). |
| 2019 | Australia signed a strategic partnership agreement with Naval Group to design and construct twelve submarines to be built in Australia. |
| 2016 | Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull signed a A$50 billion deal with Naval Group to design a new generation of submarines under the Future Submarine Program. |
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