The AUKUS trilateral security partnership between Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States must adopt several strategies to advance innovation within the partnership, according to a report by MITRE and Oxford University’s Emerging Threats & Technology Working Group.
The document said that to achieve AUKUS Pillar 2 goals, there is a need to emphasize public-private collaborations, increase initiatives to break down barriers between countries and sectors, and identify ways to combining public and private financial resources.
MITRE enumerated specific actions that can help regulate investments between the three nations. Among these include:
- finalizing defense export and trade controls to support AUKUS nations,
- improving free trade agreements for defense materials, and
- promoting co-production and co-sustainment to provide asymmetric national security advantages.
The conclusions were made based on a recent conference attended by academia, government and industry experts from the three nations.
The AUKUS partnership, now on its third year, is exploring the possibility of collaborating with Canada, New Zealand and South Korea to enhance advanced capabilities under Pillar 2.