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Senators Introduce Bipartisan Bill To Streamline AUKUS Defense Industrial Base Collaboration

Monday, June 23rd, 2025

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Senators Introduce Bipartisan Bill To Streamline AUKUS Defense Industrial Base Collaboration

Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) speaks at a U.S. Naval Institute event in December 2024.

A bipartisan group of senators introduced a new bill aimed at streamlining defense industrial base collaboration with Australia and the U.K. for the AUKUS submarine technology sharing agreement. Sens. Tim Kaine (D-Va.), ranking member of the Senate Armed Services seapower subcommittee, and Pete Ricketts (R-Neb.) introduced the AUKUS Improvement Act last week to exempt U.S. State Department-vetted entities approved as AUKUS Authorized Users from being required to obtain Third Party transfer approvals under Foreign Military Sales and also exempt Australia…

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