
The defense ministers of the AUKUS partnership countries last week committed to several activities and timelines for cooperation on Pillar 2 of the partnership, including a series of experiments for autonomous maritime systems. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin hosted Australian Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Richard Marles and British Defense Secretary Grant Shapps for a visit at the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) at Mountain View, Calif. They revealed several next steps of AUKUS Pillar 2 in a joint statement…