Navy support force eyes lethal drones
The Navy Expeditionary Combat Command enables the rest of the fleet, providing port security, naval construction, mine clearance, salvage diving and more. But as...
Big NATO exercise in the Med
As reported by NATO on February 26, 2024, in Catania, Italy, the Mediterranean Sea is the setting for a significant NATO exercise known as...
Submarines as drone motherships
By Robert Farley*
The U.S. Navy is exploring the integration of undersea drones (UUVs) with nuclear attack submarines (SSNs) to revolutionize antisubmarine warfare (ASW), National...
RNZAF conducts maritime surveillance of Pitcairn Islands
New Zealand provided assistance to the United Kingdom by supporting the UK Blue Belt marine conservation program. A RNAF P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft...
Taiwan’s first indigenous submarine
Taiwan's first Indigenous Defense Submarine (IDS), Hai Kun (SS-711) , was launched today at the CSBC shipyard in Kaohsiung, Naval News reports.
In the morning...
Plugging surface capability gap
By Euan Graham*
Released 10 months after the defence strategic review (DSR), the annexed and long-awaited review of the Royal Australian Navy’s surface combatant fleet...
SNN Aukus at the back of the queue
By Peter Briggs*
The SSN AUKUS ‘optimal pathway’ calls for the UK to build the first of the nuclear powered and conventionally armed attack submarines...
NZ could join Australian frigate program
By Euan Graham*
Last week’s unveiling of the expansionary blueprint for Australia’s future naval surface fleet brings with it a golden opportunity to revive defence...
Large step towards geographic reality
By Jennifer Parker*
Australia has a proud history of defending our nation, but our maritime history is often missing from this discourse, a strange omission...
A big risk in naval changes
At the heart of the Albanese government’s navy overhaul is a fundamental risk assessment: Australia does not face the prospect of a major conflict...