Ukrainian drone wrecks Russian ship
A high-profile Russian security service vessel, designed for Arctic operations, has been struck by a Ukrainian drone while docked at the Vyborg shipyard near...
Australia’s ocean defence just shrank
By David Vallance*
Recent assessments argue that the world is on the cusp of a “new missile age”. The use of cheap drones might be...
Three nations in naval drone boost
The Netherlands, U.K. and Australia strengthened their maritime drone capabilities this month through the procurement and operational deployment of unmanned assets as the three...
HMAS Canberra leads review
Canberra-class landing helicopter dock HMAS Canberra has led the largest gathering of foreign warships in Sydney Harbour in more than a decade. Warships from...
Escorting tankers through Hormuz
India and Pakistan mobilized their respective fleets to protect nationally-owned tankers in the Gulf of Oman as traffic trickles through the Strait of Hormuz...
RN and France in Russian tanker seizure
HMS Cutlass of the Royal Navy Gibraltar Squadron has assisted French forces in the boarding of a suspect tanker in the western Mediterranean. The...
The woes of the US carrier fleet
By Isaac Seitz*
The USS John C. Stennis is 14 months behind schedule and $483 million over budget. The USS Harry S. Truman begins its...
Ukraine aims for long-range naval drones
Ukraine is preparing to deploy a new generation of long-range naval drones capable of operating far beyond coastal waters, marking a significant expansion of...
Hormuz exposes a stretched RN
With the Strait of Hormuz off Iran’s southern coast virtually closed, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said that the UK is working with its...
US Navy reshapes acquisition system
On 16 March the Department of the Navy (DON) announced the establishment of five Portfolio Acquisition Executive (PAE) organisations: PAE Industrial Operations, PAE Marine...