US, UK and Australia to develop underwater drones under Aukus pact to protect undersea cables
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Tessa Wong
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Summary
The US, UK, and Australia announced a new Aukus project to develop underwater drone technology (uncrewed undersea vehicles - UUVs) aimed at protecting undersea cables and strengthening naval defence. UK Defence Secretary John Healey stated the UK would contribute £150 million ($201 million) to the project, which is expected to be operational by next year. The announcement was made at the Shangri-La Dialogue security summit in Singapore.
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· 1 pulledUK defence minister John Healey said the UK would be contributing £150m to the new project
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