• Australia's National Defence Strategy names critical undersea infrastructure protection a top priority, citing sabotage risk to 16 vital internet cables.

  • The Royal Australian Navy is leveraging commercial offshore oil-and-gas industry equipment and expertise to rapidly build deep-water find-and-fix capability beyond mine countermeasures.

  • Support vessel ADV Guidance, deployed with RN and USN teams under AUKUS, has already demonstrated deep-sea surveillance including locating USS Edsall.