HMAS Melville decommissions
The hydrographic ship HMAS Melville decommissioned in a ceremony at Trinity Wharf in Cairns on 8 August. In her 24 years of service, Melville...
Keep foreign hands off Austal
By Chris Douglas*
It isn’t clear whether Hanwha Ocean is still interested in buying Australian shipbuilder Austal, but the government should oppose such an acquisition...
Light landing craft project begins
Sydney-based The Whiskey Project Group will build two new Light Landing Craft, known officially as Landing Craft Lights (LCL), for the Royal Australian Navy...
Korean pitch for general-purpose frigates
Korean builder Hanwha Ocean at the Indian Ocean Defence & Security Conference in Perth presented a range of frigates including FFX Batch II. The...
HMS Queen Elizabeth returns home
The Royal Navy flagship aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth finally returned home after being sidelined for four months, the National Interest reports.
The £3.2 billion...
Indian frigate lying on side dockside
On the evening of 21 July the frigate INS Brahmaputra caught fire whilst undergoing a refit at the Mumbai Naval Dockyard. The fire was...
Japan urged to clean up Pacific war wrecks
Ten years ago, Paul Adams was scuba diving among World War II shipwrecks in a popular tourist spot in the Federated States of Micronesia...
US Navy’s uncrewed push
The U.S. Navy continues its push for unmanned systems with a new RFI published last month, seeking information on the potential procurement of seven...
Singapore Navy and Air Force respond to tanker collision
On 20 July the Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN) Formidable class frigate RSS Supreme responded to a distress call from two merchant vessels. They...
US Wasp enters eastern Med
The amphibious assault ship USS Wasp entered the eastern Mediterranean Sea this week as the U.S. positions warships to try to keep fighting between...