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U.S. To Announce Details This Fall On AUKUS’ Tech Development Piece, DoD’s Shyu Says

U.S. To Announce Details This Fall On AUKUS’ Tech Development Piece, DoD’s Shyu Says
President Joe Biden, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese meet for tan AUKUS trilateral meeting San Diego, Calif, March 13, 2023. (DoD photo by Chad J. McNeeley)

The Biden administration is expected to make an announcement this fall detailing the advanced technology cooperation component of the new trilateral security pact with Australia and the United Kingdom, the Pentagon’s chief technology officer said on Tuesday. Heidi Shyu, the under secretary of defense for research and engineering, declined to offer specifics on the technology development piece of the AUKUS agreement, while noting she’s proposed a “portfolio of capabilities” that highlight how the three nations’ advanced technologies can be linked…

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