I thank the member for Makin, from the great defence state of South Australia, for his question and his interest. Last week, we saw a major milestone for our maritime capabilities with the Maritime Big Play Pacific, an AUKUS Pillar II exercise, conducted off San Diego, demonstrating significant new autonomous capabilities from Australia. These advanced Australian systems include Speartooth, Bluebottle and Ghost Shark. In the most challenging strategic circumstances since World War II, we, a three-ocean nation, are making record investments in maritime capability and developing cutting-edge maritime capabilities, particularly in the sphere of autonomy.

Last week, I visited the Anduril Australia factory in Sydney, which produces the Ghost Shark. This is an Aussie success story. This extra-large autonomous underwater vehicle is the most advanced underwater vehicle of its size in the world. It has the capability to perform intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance and strike missions. At the factory, I announced three previously secret payloads were being made public for the first time. These payloads included the ability to deploy sea mines, deliver logistics caches and launch swarms of Altius uncrewed aerial vehicles that have the ability to undertake ISR and strike. The good news is that we're acquiring dozens and dozens of these Ghost Sharks.

We're also investing in Speartooth and the Ocius Bluebottle. I had the pleasure a fortnight ago of opening the new Ocius factory in Sydney that will produce Bluebottles. These advanced maritime surveillance and reconnaissance platforms use solar, wind and wave power and are able to be deployed for over six months at a time. They're on station right now around our borders. The good news is that this project delivers hundreds of well-paid, high-skilled jobs, both directly with the company involved and through its 28 Australian SMEs. I also announced an additional payload for the Bluebottle, which is a thin-line towed-array sonar that will give it the ability to detect submarines to provide information to the Navy.

The good news is that these are the sorts of capabilities that we intend to offer AUKUS Pillar II with its first marquee mission for payloads and sensors for autonomous systems, and they're a great example of our sovereign Defence industrial base. This is a great example of Aussie know-how making this country safer, helping equip the Australian Defence Force and producing thousands of well-paid, high-skilled jobs for Australians doing the most advanced manufacturing work in the world. This truly is a defence future made in Australia led by the Albanese Labor government.