RN steps up anti-mine capability
The Royal Navy is stepping up its mine hunting capabilities with new cutting-edge uncrewed equipment being added to RFA Lyme Bay in the coming...
How easily mines disrupt shipping
By Andy Perry*
Just reports of mines are often sufficient to disrupt maritime traffic. Even if ship owners, crews and insurers weren’t aware of the...
Last Evolved class vessel delivered
Defence has accepted the tenth and final Evolved Cape class Patrol Boat for the Royal Australian Navy (RAN), ADV Cape Hawke, in a ceremony...
Where is Australia’s merchant fleet?
By Captain Peter Court*
Maintaining a navy without a merchant fleet is a little like maintaining an air force without a commercial aviation industry: one...
The woes of the US carrier fleet
By Isaac Seitz*
The USS John C. Stennis is 14 months behind schedule and $483 million over budget. The USS Harry S. Truman begins its...
UK goes for more uncrewed vessels
The Royal Navy is preparing to acquire a fleet of 20 uncrewed surface vessels under a programme known as Project Beehive, according to a...
Beyond Bluebottle program
By Malcolm Davis*
Expansion of Australia’s fleet of Ocius Bluebottle uncrewed boats is an important step, but it must not be the last in creating...
RAN Receives 40 Bluebottle USVs
On 12 March the RAN took delivery of 40 new Australian-designed and built Bluebottle uncrewed surface vessels (USV) – one of the world’s largest...
US captures third shadow tanker
The U.S. has captured oil tanker MT Bertha, a ship allegedly sailing under a Cook Islands flag, in the Indian Ocean, the Pentagon announced,...
Philippine Navy commissions two ships
On 24 February the Philippine Navy christened and commissioned the offshore patrol vessel (OPV) BRP Rajah Sulayman (PS20) and the fast attack interdiction craft...