$53b+ for Navy development
Conventionally armed, nuclear‑powered submarines and infrastructure will receive $53 billion to $63 billion over the next decade as part of Australia’s investment in developing...
No pot-of-gold defence savings
By Jennifer Parker*
Almost a year ago, the Defence Strategic Review (DSR) set homework for the Department of Defence, including reprioritising the country’s rolling plan...
Work on UK N-sub WA deployment
As part of AUKUS, the United Kingdom and the United States are establishing a rotational presence of one UK Astute class submarine and up...
Getting ahead with ship maintenance
The U.S. Navy and Marine Corps will study amphibious warship readiness and how the services can get ahead of ship maintenance challenges, Chief of...
New carrier strike group idea
When the destroyers The Sullivans and Delbert D. Black deployed in the fall to the eastern Mediterranean Sea, they joined the Gerald R. Ford...
UK-US-Japan exercise plan
The UK, US and Japan will hold regular trilateral military exercises in the Indo-Pacific from 2025 to boost security in the region and further...
WWII Fremantle an AUKUS precursor
By Euan Graham
The strategic potential of Submarine Rotational Force-West, the AUKUS initiative that commits the United States and United Kingdom to forward-deploy a small...
Canada releases defence update
On 8 April the Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Defence Minister Bill Blair released Our North, Strong and Free – a defence policy...
Steel cutting of India’s new fleet support ship
A Steel Cutting ceremony of first of the five Fleet Support Ships (FSS) was held at Hindustan Shipyard Limited (HSL), Visakhapatnam on 10 April,...
Powerful laser to be installed in British Fleet
A powerful laser weapon will be added to the Royal Navy’s arsenal in the next three years as the need for weapons to counter...