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Big announcement tomorrow in Australia, $12bn to be released for the construction of a new naval base at Henderson in Perth as well as a new surface shipyard that will initially build the new RAN landing craft but possibly workshare on the new Japanese frigates afterwards as well as performing submarine and surface ship maintenance with $25bn to be spent on the base over the next decade including $8bn for the nuclear submarine docks, ultimately employing 10,000. The docks will host four US submarines and one British submarine from 2027, before the Australian fleet is built.

https://www.theguardian.com/austral...rd-to-help-prepare-it-for-aukus-submarine-era
This comes two days after RR announced it had signed agreements with the South and Western Australian governments to train nuclear engineers for Austal.

https://www.machinery-market.co.uk/news/40729/Rolls-Royce-to-train-AUKUS-submarine-workforce
Australia also announced a $1.7bn order for 'Dozens' of Ghost Shark XLAUV.
 
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/18/japan/japan-role-in-us-uk-australia-defense-pact/(Registration or subscription may be required)

Japan would be a "capable participant” in the evolving U.S.-U.K.-Australia defense partnership because of its investments in advanced defense systems, industrial-base improvements and cybersecurity protocols, according to an unreleased U.S. State Department assessment to Congress.

Japan "expressed interest in a range" of projects underway as part of the second leg of the so-called AUKUS agreement that’s focused on technology-sharing, including "long-range anti-submarine warfare and autonomous air platforms,” according to the four-page document, a copy of which was made available to Bloomberg News.

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US congressional report explores option of not delivering any Aukus nuclear submarines to Australia

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2...explored-as-option-in-us-congressional-report
https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/RL32418
Issues for Congress. Issues for Congress concerning the Virginia-class program and AUKUS Pillar 1 include the following: the Virginia-class procurement rate in FY2026 and subsequent years—whether the rate should be two boats per year, or something less than or greater than two boats per year; how the Navy and DOD are using submarine industrial base (SIB) funds that Congress has been appropriating since FY2018, and the impact this funding has had to date on the Virginia-class production rate; a maintenance backlog on in-service SSNs, including the impact of this backlog on SSN capabilities, and steps the Navy plans to take to reduce the backlog; and the potential benefits, costs, and risks of implementing parts (2) and (3) above of Pillar 1, and how those benefits, costs, and risks compare with those of an alternative of procuring up to eight additional Virginia-class SSNs that would be retained in U.S. Navy service and operated out of Australia along with the U.S. and UK SSNs that are already planned to be operated out of Australia under Pillar 1.

Wow didn't see that coming.......................NOT

As before we are paying the US to make them subs.

Regards,
 
Richard Marles insists ‘secret’ military trial ‘appropriate’ for senior navy figure in Henderson case

https://thenightly.com.au/politics/...nior-navy-figure-in-henderson-case-c-22623699

The Defence Minister insists a military trial is the “appropriate” way to prosecute a senior navy figure over several charges involving lucrative contracts despite concerns from former officials about a lack of transparency.
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This week, The West Australian revealed a recently retired star-ranked officer was facing eight separate charges relating to work carried out at WAS’s Henderson shipyard.
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No point trying for transparency now.......................

AUKUS shipyards in Adelaide to receive $4.6 billion funding lift
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07-23/adelaide-aukus-shipyards-new-funding/106951802

Wonder who is getting a cut this time??

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