Elusive 75-ship readiness target
Eighteen months into its two-year, data-based maintenance plan, the Navy hasn’t yet reached its target to have 75 of its warships as mission capable...
Wreck of WWII US submarine found
The Naval History and Heritage Command (NHHC) has confirmed the wreck site of the World War II submarine USS Harder (SS-257), US Naval Institute...
USN in multi-ship deal
The Navy has secured a multi-ship deal with HII’s Ingalls Shipbuilding to buy four amphibious warships in a block deal estimated to save the...
USS Emory S Land supports AUKUS Pillar 1
The US Navy submarine tender USS Emory S. Land arrived in HMAS Stirling on 16 August marking the seventh port visit in Australia since...
Greater AUKUS co-operation signed
On 5 August the AUKUS partners signed the trilateral Agreement Among the Government of Australia, the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain...
Malaysian Navy conducts Malacca Strait exercise
The Royal Malaysian Navy’s (RMN) Western Fleet conducted Exercise Pangkor Siri 2/2024 in the northern waters of the Malacca Strait on 13 and 14...
USS Florida’s 727 days at sea
The Ohio-class guided-missile submarine USS Florida (SSGN 728) has returned to Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay, Georgia, after a record-breaking 727-day deployment, UK Defence...
Danger of out-sourcing shipbuilding
In this Breaking Defense op-ed, Matthew Paxton of the Shipbuilders Council of America explains why the US needs to build up its Navy by...
Final Littoral Combat ship delivered
Austal USA this week announced it had launched the final Littoral Combat Ship, Pierre (LCS-38), in the class, a milestone signaling the shipbuilding program...
AUKUS partners trial AI enemy ID
Australia, the UK and the US, the three AUKUS partners, successfully trialled artificial intelligence (AI) enabled uncrewed aerial vehicles (UAV) and other autonomous capabilities...