Three new littoral craft for RNZN
The Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN) has officially launched its fleet of Sentinel 1250 Littoral Manoeuvre Craft (LMC), to be deployed by HMNZS Matataua...
Third Indian Project 15b destroyer delivered
On 20 October India’s third Project 15B Visakhapatnam class stealth guided missile destroyer, INS Imphal was delivered to the Navy by Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders...
Cost benefits of drones on carriers
As drones are becoming an increasingly important element of modern warfare, militaries across the world are experimenting with new ways to integrate unmanned systems...
US Army takes on naval tinge
The U.S. Army is looking just a bit more naval as it adjusts to the Pacific region, adopting missiles long wielded by its sister...
Arafura-class program now a Defence Project of Concern.
The Australian Government has listed the Arafura-class offshore patrol vessel (OPV) program as a Defence Project of Concern. The project has experienced delays in...
US unmanned vessels monitor Iranian ship
The Navy’s 5th Fleet said today it had successfully integrated 12 different unmanned platforms while conducting routine patrols in and around the Strait of...
HMAS Hobart refresh work completed
HMAS Hobart, affectionately known as ‘the green ghost’ – and already eight years old! – recently received a much-needed refresh inside and out, contactairlandandsea...
Review: shrink Hunter, add destroyers
The navy would receive a major firepower boost through the addition of three heavily armed air warfare destroyers under a plan being considered by...
$528m ship too big to go under Hobart bridge
The Australian government should have listened to warnings from as early as 2018 that its $528m icebreaking research ship was too big to safely...
US Navy’s cruiser refit debacle
Back in 2015, the guided-missile cruiser Gettysburg began a lengthy modernization process that was supposed to enable the warship’s service life to be extended...