MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Australia will spend 1.7 billion Australian dollars ($1.1 billion) on building dozens of locally developed underwater attack drones, Defense Minister Richard Marles said on ...

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia said it will spend A$1.7 billion ($1.1 billion) on a fleet of "Ghost Shark" autonomous undersea vehicles, developed by its defence force and U.S. startup Anduril ...

The undersea drones can attack from shore and from surface warships, with Australia referring to them as having "the highest tech capability in the world." Australia on Wednesday announced plans to ...

Australia is quietly fielding one of the most disruptive naval technologies in the Indo-Pacific, a fleet of extra‑large underwater drones designed to stalk contested sea lanes without a sailor on ...