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AUKUS ministers report shared AI algorithms on P-8A patrol aircraft

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Source: Australian Minister for DefenceAlso reported by US Department of Defense

Meeting at the Defense Innovation Unit in California on 2 December 2023, Lloyd Austin, Richard Marles and Grant Shapps said the three countries had demonstrated common AI algorithms, including on P-8A maritime patrol aircraft, to process data from each nation’s sonobuoys. Their Resilient and Autonomous AI Technologies work, tested in the UK in April and South Australia in October, was to move into national programmes in 2024.

Why it matters

Australia, the UK and the US committed to running the same AI models on their anti-submarine and surveillance platforms and moving them into national programmes in 2024.

When
2 Dec 2023
ID
WTA-N-2023-0167
Who
AUKUS, Department of Defence (Australia), Ministry of Defence, Department of Defense; Lloyd Austin, Richard Marles, Grant Shapps

Summary by wheresthe.ai, from Australian Minister for Defence and the reporting credited above. Checked against the source on 9 Oct 2026.

Read the original at Australian Minister for Defence

Source copy: download the page text as saved on 18 Oct 2026 (PDF). Also held by the Internet Archive.

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WTA-N-2023-0167: “AUKUS ministers report shared AI algorithms on P-8A patrol aircraft.” wheresthe.ai, 2 Dec 2023. https://wheresthe.ai/d/intl-aukus-ai-autonomy-pillar-two-2023-12/ (source: Australian Minister for Defence).

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