Luncheon on the AUKUS Agreement (Atlanta)
February 26 @ 11:30 am - 1:30 pm EST
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Join a luncheon discussion on the AUKUS agreement, a trilateral security pact between Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States for the Indo-Pacific region. Former U.S. Naval Attache to Australia, Captain Matthew Ort, USN (Ret.) will join the conversation.
Under the AUKUS pact, the U.S. and the UK will assist Australia in acquiring nuclear-powered submarines. The pact also includes cooperation on advanced cyber mechanisms, artificial intelligence and autonomy, quantum technologies, undersea capabilities, hypersonic and counter-hypersonic, electronic warfare, innovation, and information sharing. The pact will focus on military capability, distinguishing it from the Five Eyes intelligence-sharing alliance that also includes New Zealand and Canada.
Speaker Background
Captain Matthew Ort, USN (Ret.), served at the United States Naval Attaché to Australia from 2019 to 2022. In this role, he served as the primary advisor on military and naval issues and policies in Australia to United States Ambassador, the Indo-Pacific Commander, the Pacific Fleet Commander, and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs. Prior to that, Captain Ort served as an SH-60B and SH-60R pilot completing sea tours in HSL-43 and HSL-37, as well as commanding HSM-73. He also served as a flight instructor with HSL-41, the west coast Fleet Replacement Squadron for the SH-60B.
Ashore, Captain Ort completed tours as the Air Operations Officer on the Sixth Fleet Staff in Naples, Italy, as an Operations Officer on the Joint Staff, and at the Naval Undersea Warfighting Development Center. Captain Ort is a graduate of Purdue University. He has earned an MBA from the Naval Post Graduate School and a master’s degree in national security and strategic studies from the Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island.
Cost: $40
Organizer:
STalley@bens.org
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