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AUKUS Partners Test Pillar II Autonomous Systems In Australian Exercise

AUKUS Partners Test Pillar II Autonomous Systems In Australian Exercise
Screenshot of B/roll taken during the Autonomous Warrior 2024 Maritime Big Play, a Royal Australian Navy-led AUKUS Pillar 2 Operational Experimentation activity conducted in October 2024, predominantly at Jervis Bay. (Image: Australian Ministry of Defense)

The U.S., Australia and U.K. partners recently completed a three-week-long experimentation exercise with AUKUS Pillar II autonomous capabilities, Autonomous Warrior 24, the Navy said Thursday. The Autonomous Warrior 24 exercise took place in Jervis Bay, Australia as part of the Maritime Big Play (MBP) initiative, a trilateral collaborative effort to improve maritime awareness for all three countries using networked autonomy, decision advantage and enhanced strike, according to the U.S. Navy. While Pillar I of AUKUS focuses on nuclear-powered attack submarine…

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