Destroyer Enterprise launched
Senior Australian Defence leaders and industry partners officially launched the Destroyer Enterprise at the Osborne Naval Shipyard recently, ushering in a new era of...
HMAS Brisbane goes to US for upgrade
As part of an ongoing 'interchangeability' deployment HMAS Brisbane (DDG-41) is undergoing a scheduled maintenance period at US Naval Base San Diego, Australian Defence...
Lessons from Red Sea surge
The short-notice surge of U.S. warships from the East Coast to take on missile and drone threats in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Red...
Quantum clocks new role as GPS degrades
The Australian military has awarded a physics startup two contracts for a quantum clock designed to provide greater accuracy and a week or more...
US subs and ships effort needs new money
Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro warned congressional appropriators that numerous high-profile shipbuilding efforts — Columbia and Virginia-class submarines as well as certain aircraft carriers...
Boundary-pushing SNN AUKUS
The UK’s upcoming fleet of submarines, the SSN-AUKUS, promises to push the boundaries of naval warfare when it enters service in the late 2030s,...
US arms transfer restrictions and AUKUS explained
On 17 September the US Congressional Research Service released a short report titled US Arms Transfer Restrictions and AUKUS Cooperation. It usefully explains the...
Exercise Kakadu 24
Exercise Kakadu 24 is underway in the waters and airspace off Darwin. Exercise Kakadu is the RAN's flagship regional international engagement activity. This year’s...
AUKUS needs seamless data sharing
By Jocelinn Kang*
AUKUS won’t work without seamless information sharing and data exchange between the partner nations and their private sectors. And getting that right...
The Falklands Campaign – personal reflections
By Jeremy Larken DSO*
Introduction
The canvas for this paper is the Falklands Campaign in 1982, events encompassing some 100 days. My post was Captain of...