Two senior defense officials previewed the Pentagon’s plans and spotlighted overarching aims to deepen the U.S.-Australia alliance.

Leading up to this week's NATO summit in Washington, senior U.S. officials previewed leaders’ schedules and reflected on the historical context of this gathering.

The Pentagon is bringing a key ally into its Rapid Defense Experimentation Reserve and Technology Readiness Experimentation efforts.

The U.S., Japan and Australia will conduct a trilateral command post exercise early next year.

Companies from the U.S., U.K. and Australia will be eligible to compete.

The three nations aim to enhance interoperability and accelerate technology transfer for collaborative combat aircraft and autonomy.

The U.S. has already provided seven large 3D printers to Kyiv, according to Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment William LaPlante.

Officials involved in the accelerator recently put out their inaugural “problem statement” call to industry.

"They're coming here to meet with me in September and we're going to start to flesh out the details,” Pentagon CTO Heidi Shyu said.

The contract announced Tuesday supports the first part of a multiyear effort to “field-deploy and validate” miniaturized systems on military platforms, according to the company.