Australia settles with French Naval Group over submarines
The prime minister, Anthony Albanese, has confirmed that the Australian government has settled with Naval Group for $850 million to conclude the Attack Class submarine...
Unmanned US Navy system heads to Indo-Pacific
The US Navy’s Northrop Grumman-built MQ-8C Fire Scout – an autonomous, runway-independent helicopter system – has made its second operational deployment, and first deployment to the Indo-Pacific aboard...
N-subs’ affect on other naval resourcing
By Richard Dunley*
Since the AUKUS announcement was made in September last year, a huge amount of ink has been spilled discussing the capabilities of...
Australia’s N-subs and the NPT
By Anastasia Kapetas*
When the AUKUS deal was announced in September, it generated immediate concern from nuclear watchdogs that the pact — which aims to...
ADF move on autonomous weapons
The Australian Defence Force has partnered with global tech company Anduril to design and develop extra-large autonomous undersea vehicles (XLAUVs).
Under the co-funded arrangement, Defence scientists, Navy...
Russia fires missile at Lviv from sub
Russia fired long-range missiles at Lviv on Sunday, hitting Ukraine’s international military training center in strikes that were likely fired from one or more...
Venture capital model for US unmanned fleet
The U.S. Navy’s Unmanned Task Force spent its first nine months developing a venture capital model for selecting promising technologies and is now beginning...
Austal delivers 15th Guardian Class patrol boat
Austal Australia has delivered the 15th Guardian-class Patrol Boat (GCPB) to the Australian Department of Defence.
The vessel, Te Kukupa II, was then gifted by...
RAN, RNZN help rescue SW Pacific mariners
In three incidents the RAN and the RNZAF played leading roles in rescuing mariners in the SW Pacific.
In the first incident on 21 May,...
RN looks a commercial tankers to refuel
The Royal Navy has announced that they have been exploring the idea of NATO naval vessels using commercial tankers to supply fuel to warships...