The United States, the United Kingdom and Australia announced that they will jointly develop uncrewed undersea vehicles, or UUVs, marking the first project under Pillar II of their 2021 AUKUS pact, with deliveries set to begin in 2027, Politico reported on June 1. The project will focus on undersea surveillance, reconnaissance, strike, logistics, mine countermeasures, electronic warfare, anti-submarine warfare, anti-surface warfare and protection of seabed infrastructure such as undersea cables and pipelines.