UK AUKUS adviser briefs Australian and US officials on project review

The UK's special representative for the AUKUS defense project, Sir Stephen Lovegrove, has been briefing US officials in Washington this week about a review of the project he presented to the British Government this year, a British official said on Thursday.

The AUKUS defense partnership was formed in 2021 by Australia, the United States and Britain to address shared worries about China's growing power.

It envisages Australia acquiring US nuclear-powered attack submarines from 2032 and its deployment from 2040 of a new class of submarine built jointly with Britain using US technology, as well as development of advanced weapons such as hypersonic missiles.