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No Minister, Taipans are extremely safe

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By Kym Bergmann* At a press conference on 16 January, Acting Defence Minister Pat Conroy hinted that Australia’s fleet of Taipan helicopters were not returned...

Iranian Navy captures oil tanker

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Iran’s navy captured an oil tanker Thursday in the Gulf of Oman that only months earlier had seen its cargo of Iranian oil seized...

BAE wins Anzac class gun contract

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BAE Systems was awarded a contract by the Commonwealth of Australia to upgrade existing Mk 45 Mod 2 naval gun systems on Anzac class...

RAAF in Guam ASW exercise

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The Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) has deployed to Anderson Air Force Base, Guam to participate in the United States Navy-led exercise Sea Dragon...

UK Marines boss bemoans ships’ axing

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A former head of the Royal Marines has warned the Government's rumoured plans to retire HMS Albion and her sister ship HMS Bulwark would...

US-Australian 2024 naval partnership boost

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The U.S. and Australian navies will see their submarine-specific partnerships grow in multiple ways throughout 2024, Navy Times reports. The US Navy plans to conduct...

Ukraine: Russia’s shrinking navy

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Most of the world’s leading navies are getting bigger—a lot bigger—by one key metric: tonnage, Forbes reports. But not the Russian navy. It’s struggling to...

75 combat-ready vessels is US aim

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The U.S. Navy’s surface fleet, still short of its readiness goal of 75 combat-credible surface ships at any given time, is pursuing new ways...

Private investors and AUKUS

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Much of the focus of the trilateral pact between Australia, the U.S. and the U.K., known as AUKUS, has been on military-to-military cooperation, but...

Constellation-class delay

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The first Constellation-class guided-missile frigate will deliver at least a year late due in large part to workforce shortfalls at the Wisconsin yard where...