Liverpool: Australia will buy nuclear-powered submarines from the United States as planned under the AUKUS defence pact in the wake of a Pentagon review that is backing the vast project, according to a report from Nikkei Asia.

The Pentagon study is said to have endorsed the pact and will be finalised before Prime Minister Anthony Albanese flies to the US to meet US President Donald Trump on October 20.

Albanese declared in London on Friday that he was confident the AUKUS agreement would go ahead because his discussions with the Trump administration had given him this confidence.

But the Pentagon review has fuelled concerns about whether US President Donald Trump supports the key proposal to sell at least three Virginia-class submarines to Australia from the early 2030s.

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