Protecting undersea infrastructure
Undersea infrastructure is vital in a global economy powered by data. 99% of the world’s data is transmitted through a global network of subsea...
Qld company developing nuclear power for ships
Gold Coast based ship design group Seatransport and an unnamed Brisbane-based technology company are developing nuclear solutions for the propulsion of strategic response vessels...
RAN officers’ nuclear graduation
AUKUS has taken another significant step forward with the graduation of three Royal Australian Navy officers from the Royal Navy’s (RN) Nuclear Reactor Course...
Gaza pier a big lesson for . . . . China
By Erik Davis*
Last month the United States disassembled and removed the floating pier it had assembled at a Gaza beach to take aid deliveries....
Ghost Shark in the US
The Australian-made advanced Extra-Large Autonomous Undersea Vehicle (XL-AUV), the Ghost Shark, has arrived in the United States for the first time, Naval News reports.
Anduril...
Concern over AUKUS export system
The much ballyhooed reforms of the ITAR arms export system for AUKUS are not likely to help development of advanced weapons for Pillar II,...
Taiwan boosts defensive weapons
The navy has installed 13 Phalanx Block 1B close-in weapons systems on its warships, increasing their defensive firepower, a defense official said, the Taipei...
China sends three ice-breakers to Arctic
China continues to push ahead with the rapid expansion of its Arctic-capable fleet. For the first time it has dispatched three icebreaking vessels into...
Help for US ice-breaking capacity
In late June, the US Coast Guard announced that one of its two premier icebreakers, Polar Star, had entered dry dock to undergo work...
Singapore hosts SECAT exercise
The Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN) hosted the multilateral Southeast Asia Cooperation and Training (SEACAT), an annual exercise conducted by the US Navy (USN),...