AUKUS sub design deemed mature
The new attack submarine design the United Kingdom and Australia will share through the AUKUS trilateral arrangement is in a “mature” state and will...
US shipbuilder buys Australian steel
Major US military shipbuilder Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) has made an initial purchase order of processed Australian steel from manufacturer Bisalloy Steel, to be...
US ships shoot down Iranian missiles
USS Carney (DDG-64) and USS Arleigh Burke (DDG-51) shot down between four and six Iranian-launched ballistic missiles, a senior military official told reporters last week,...
PLA establishes Information Support Force
On 19 April the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) announced it had established an Information Support Force as a strategic arm of the PLA....
RAN officers posted to Virginia-class subs
On 18 April it was announced that three RAN officers will be assigned to US Virginia class submarines based at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii...
Ghost Shark milestone
On 18 April the Commonwealth Government announced it will deliver a sovereign, autonomous undersea capability, through the Ghost Shark Program. The Ghost Shark unscrewed...
$53b+ for Navy development
Conventionally armed, nuclear‑powered submarines and infrastructure will receive $53 billion to $63 billion over the next decade as part of Australia’s investment in developing...
No pot-of-gold defence savings
By Jennifer Parker*
Almost a year ago, the Defence Strategic Review (DSR) set homework for the Department of Defence, including reprioritising the country’s rolling plan...
Work on UK N-sub WA deployment
As part of AUKUS, the United Kingdom and the United States are establishing a rotational presence of one UK Astute class submarine and up...
Getting ahead with ship maintenance
The U.S. Navy and Marine Corps will study amphibious warship readiness and how the services can get ahead of ship maintenance challenges, Chief of...