True cost of submarine capability
By Marcus Hellyer*
You can have a cheap submarine capability, or you can have a safe and effective one. There’s no third option. Australia has...
Threat of uninhabited underwater vehicles
By Andro Mathewson*
In late May 2021, the Israeli armed forces destroyed an armed underwater uninhabited vehicle (UUV)1 operated by the terrorist group Hamas. This...
Former USS Ingraham sunk in training exercise
The FFG USS Ingraham was sunk as part of Large Scale Exercise (LSE) 2021 off Hawaii on 15 August. Ingraham was the last US FFG to be built...
A way to successful sonar AI
By LT Andrew Pfau*
Even as the private sector and academia have made rapid progress in the field of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning...
Getting real on frigate schedule
By Marcus Hellyer*
The government has announced an 18-month delay to the Royal Australian Navy’s Hunter-class future frigate program. Is this a sign that the...
New South Korean submarine
South Korea has now become a country that operates locally-built submarines capable of deploying submarine-launched ballistic missiles (SLBMs). This could create the basis for...
Technology and fleet architecture
By J. Noel Williams*
“The fundamental error in a debate over robotic development is to think that we have a choice. This world is coming,...
Indian frigate in UK for exercises
The Indian frigate INS Tabar today sailed into Portsmouth for a high-profile visit ahead of exercises with the Royal Navy, the RN reports.
The 17-year-old...
RAN ships join US-led exercise
HMA Ships Canberra and Ballarat have arrived in the Western Pacific Ocean for the opening phase of the US-led Large Scale Global Exercise 21,...
US’s successful ICBM test
Airmen of Air Force Global Strike Command launched an unarmed Minuteman 3 intercontinental ballistic missile equipped with a test re-entry vehicle from Vandenberg Space...