Austal gets $135m US ship contract
The U.S. Navy has awarded Austal USA with a $156 million contract to construct two additional steel-hulled Navajo-class Towing, Salvage, and Rescue Ships (T-ATS),...
Russian mega-sub in Baltic
Last autumn, the “Severodvinsk” test launched the submarine version of Russia’s new hypersonic Tsirkon cruise missile in the Barents Sea. It is unclear whether...
RIMPAC mine-hunting exercise
Partner nation teams are using autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) to assist explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) dive teams by searching for manmade objects that could...
US Navy in Black Sea exercise
U.S. naval forces are taking part in a Black Sea exercise and visiting a Turkish city this week, bringing with them a message of...
N-subs: managing the capability gap
By Marcus Hellyer and Andrew Nicholls*
In a previous piece, we examined the broad schedule of Australia’s capability transition from conventional submarines to nuclear-powered submarines...
Extending US N-subs’ life
On June 4, the US Navy laid the keel for USS District of Columbia, the first of its new Columbia-class nuclear-powered ballistic-missile submarines, at...
US FoN operation in South China Sea
A U.S. Navy destroyer sailed near the disputed Spratly Islands on Saturday, the U.S. Navy said, its second such "freedom of navigation" operation in...
Advantages of shooting landing craft
By Przemyslaw Ziemacki*
Amphibious and transport operations can play a vital role at all levels of war, but landing craft can do much more than...
Better US naval options to deal with China
By Commander Bryan Clark*
China’s coast guard and maritime militia have mounted what essentially is an insurgency in the East and South China Seas for...
Huge N-sub rejoins RN fleet
An impressive nuclear submarine which is capable of generating its own supply of water and oxygen and is almost as long as St Paul’s...