AUKUS Nations to Collaborate on Hypersonic Flight Testing, Tech
The U.S., Australia and the U.K. signed a “landmark” agreement to use each other’s hypersonic flight testing facilities and share technical information to develop, test and evaluate hypersonic systems and technologies, the Pentagon announced this month. The agreement was signed under Pillar II of the Australia-U.K.-U.S. (AUKUS) partnership, which aims to reduce trade barriers and boost collaboration among the three nations around sensitive defense technologies.
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Under the Hypersonic Flight Test and Experimentation Project Arrangement, the three countries will “increase the pace of testing” of hypersonic flight research and development, including with up to six flight test campaigns by 2028, the agency said. The deal will allow the nations to “take advantage of combined partner resources, test facilities, and substantial experience conducting similar campaigns.”
The agreement was announced about three months after the State Department finalized changes to the International Traffic in Arms Regulations to allow the AUKUS countries to more easily share controlled defense technology (see 2408160019 and 2408220017).