Hobart class $150m upgrade contracted
The Australian Government has signed a six-year contract with BAE Systems Australia to take on a new, innovative sustainment role designed to optimise the...
Keel laid for Pakistani OPV
On October 12, 2022, Damen Shipyards ceremonially laid the keel of the first multi-purpose patrol vessel OPV 2600 for the Pakistan Navy. At the...
More water strife on US ships
The Navy is investigating what caused the drinking water aboard the aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln to become rank and cloudy last month, the Navy...
Wildcat helicopters meet challenge
Successful Ship Helicopter Operating Limitations (SHOL) trials have proven that the Wildcat HMA Mk 2 can operate fully loaded with its newest missile systems...
HMS Prince of Wales heads for repairs
The Royal Navy announced that its newest aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales has left Portsmouth to return to Rosyth for the next step...
Australians need to work closely with US on N-subs
Australians should now work shoulder to shoulder with Americans in mastering the building of nuclear submarines while Royal Australian Navy sailors serve on deployed...
Austal working on new autonomous boat
Austal Australia has taken possession of a de-commissioned Armidale-class Patrol Boat (ACPB), the former HMAS Maitland, from the Commonwealth of Australia, to commence planning,...
Austal Launches 4th Evolved Cape-Class Patrol Boat
Austal Australia has launched the 4th Evolved Cape-class Patrol Boat (ECCPB), the future ADV Cape Capricorn, for the Royal Australian Navy.
The vessel, Austal Hull...
Air Force ‘superior to Navy’ in procurement
Proven off-the-shelf purchases by the air force highlight the big risk of the Navy's approach, Bradley Perrett argues in The Canberra Times.
Australia can't make...
US should use carrier-based anti-submarine warfare
By Ben DiDonato*
With the return of great power competition, the threat posed by hostile submarines has garnered renewed attention. Russia’s submarine fleet in particular...