Strategic alliances in the Indo-Pacific: Shaping global security and accelerating space innovation

The AUKUS (Australia, U.K., and U.S.) security partnership could significantly enhance trilateral coordination and protect critical national infrastructure through the integration of advanced space capabilities. This article describes the recent regulatory changes that could galvanize AUKUS and allied partners to exchange data and technology, interoperable spaceports, and other launch capabilities supporting next generation active defense initiatives. As the space economy surges in the next decade, this regulatory change is a first step in allied security in the space domain.