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Asia–Pacific / country / reviewed 2026-09-28

Australia

A location with specific sourced facility, institutional, procurement or investment relationships.

This country is included through a specific dated transaction record. It is not classified here as a NATO member; arms-sale eligibility, bilateral partnership and formal treaty-alliance status are separate questions.

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documented

Possible arms sale

Australia → US foreign military sales

AIM-120C and AIM-120D missile package; notified estimate USD 1.04 billion. The record documents approval to proceed with a possible sale, not completion or payment.

2025-04-09 · possible procurement

documented

Named proposed supplier

Australia → RTX

Named in the 2025-04-09 notification. The package total is not the amount allocated to this company.

2025-04-09 · proposed supplier

documented

Announced investment

Microsoft → Australia

Historical corporate investment announcement, alongside a cyber-security partnership. The full sum is not a payment for surveillance or military services. A separate 2026 expansion exists; this is the original dated record.

2023-10-24 · investment announcement

documented

Located in Australia

NEXTDC S3 Sydney → Australia

A physical location relationship; it does not assign ownership or financing to the national government.

Date not isolated · located in

documented

Located in Australia

NEXTDC S6 Sydney → Australia

A physical location relationship; it does not assign ownership or financing to the national government.

Date not isolated · located in

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proposed sale estimate

USD 1.04 billion

Australia: AIM-120C and AIM-120D missile package

State Department approval of a possible Foreign Military Sale. The estimate covers the notified package, including support; it is not an invoice, completed purchase, obligation, disbursement, or an allocation to an individual contractor.

2025-04-09 · Possible sale notified in 2025; delivery period not established · documented

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announced corporate investment

AUD 5 billion

Microsoft cloud and AI infrastructure in Australia

Historical corporate investment announcement, alongside a cyber-security partnership. The full sum is not a payment for surveillance or military services. A separate 2026 expansion exists; this is the original dated record.

2023-10-24 · Two years from the announcement · documented

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Sources in this record.

  1. Australia: AIM-120C and AIM-120D missile packageDefense Security Cooperation Agency · 2025-04-09 · source access 2026-09-28

    Possible Foreign Military Sale; transmittal 25-10. Search-indexed official release checked; direct retrieval of several DSCA article pages returned 403. Amount is the notified estimate, not actual expenditure.

  2. Microsoft cloud and AI infrastructure in AustraliaMicrosoft · 2023-10-24 · source access 2026-09-28

    Historical corporate investment announcement, alongside a cyber-security partnership. The full sum is not a payment for surveillance or military services. A separate 2026 expansion exists; this is the original dated record.

  3. Multiplex completes Stage Two of NEXTDC S3 SydneyMultiplex · 2023-06-14 · source access 2026-09-28

    Contractor completion statement: Stage Two; Stage One was already occupied during these works.

  4. NEXTDC S6 Sydney Phase 1 Stage 1Multiplex · Publication date not isolated · source access 2026-09-28

    Project page lists completion in November 2025 and scope for Phase 1 Stage 1; a stage record, not proof that every future expansion is complete.