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DIU Plus UK and Australian Partners Launch Second AUKUS Innovation Challenge

Tuesday, April 1st, 2025

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The U.S. Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) and its counterparts in the U.K. and Australian governments launched the second annual AUKUS Pillar II Maritime Innovation Challenge this week, this time focused on undersea communications and autonomous systems control. This challenge series started in 2024 as a way for the defense innovation systems of all three countries to securely share rapid developments in certain technologies. The 2024 challenge focused on offensive and defensive electromagnetic spectrum technologies as part of AUKUS Pillar II…

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