Protecting Baltic seabed assets
Two NATO task groups and 15 NATO navies are currently working together in the Baltic Sea on a Finnish Navy-led exercise designed to integrate...
French strike group heads for Indo Pacific
The carrier strike group (CSG), centred around the Charles De Gaulle aircraft carrier and comprising three French frigates, a supply ship, a submarine and...
HMAS Canberra leads Freedom of City parade
The Royal Australian Navy paraded through the city of Canberra on Saturday 30 November in a tradition that dates back to medieval times.
More than...
SA Govt and ASC agree on training
Australian submarine builder ASC has announced the signing of a memorandum of understanding with the South Australian government to develop defence industry workforce and...
RN upgrades anti-sub weapons
The Sting Ray lightweight anti-submarine torpedo, the RN’s primary ASW weapon, is being upgraded to Mod 2 standard, Navy Lookout reports.
BAE Systems will undertake...
Indian Navy seizes large drug shipment
On 29 November the Indian Navy (IN) announced that based on information received from the Sri Lankan Navy regarding probable narcotics smuggling by Sri...
Keel-laying for HMS Sheffield
On 29 November the first section of the fifth British Type 26 frigate’s was laid down. The ship will be commissioned as HMS Sheffield....
HMNZS Manawanui: human error blamed
Interim Report on HMNZS Manawanui Sinking
HMNZS Manawanui that grounded and sunk off the coast of Samoa was lost as a result of human error,...
Frigate replacement contract down to two
The Australian Government has down-selected two shipbuilders, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and Thyssenkrupp Marine Systems, to progress designs for Australia’s future general purpose frigates.
The general...
New UK autonomous submarine
A team of British engineers based in Portsmouth has successfully demonstrated a new type of autonomous submarine, developed specifically for military use, off the...