AUKUS: Companies
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department plans to take steps to increase the uptake of UK companies applying to join the AUKUS Authorised User Community.
Answered by Maria Eagle
The Ministry of Defence (MOD) is always seeking opportunities to encourage membership of the Authorised User Community (AUC) and has actively engaged in a wide range of outreach activities with industry. These outreach activities have included participating in webinars and in person workshops through the trade association ADS Group and related trade associations in the US and Australia, to increase awareness, as well as attending various export control events. These activities have been undertaken by the UK both individually and in collaboration with Australian and US counterparts, with multiple in person tri-partite briefings being held in each of the three countries.
The most recent event supported by the MOD was a Webinar arranged by ADS Group entitled 'Update and Discussions on the Authorised User Community under AUKUS' at which over 250 companies registered to attend. The MOD will also be attending major trade shows such as DSEi, where this year there is an AUKUS pavilion.
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