Venture capital model for US unmanned fleet
The U.S. Navy’s Unmanned Task Force spent its first nine months developing a venture capital model for selecting promising technologies and is now beginning...
Austal delivers 15th Guardian Class patrol boat
Austal Australia has delivered the 15th Guardian-class Patrol Boat (GCPB) to the Australian Department of Defence.
The vessel, Te Kukupa II, was then gifted by...
RAN, RNZN help rescue SW Pacific mariners
In three incidents the RAN and the RNZAF played leading roles in rescuing mariners in the SW Pacific.
In the first incident on 21 May,...
RN looks a commercial tankers to refuel
The Royal Navy has announced that they have been exploring the idea of NATO naval vessels using commercial tankers to supply fuel to warships...
RN retires two Hunter submarines
The Royal Navy’s nuclear-powered submarines HMS Talent and HMS Trenchant were decommissioned at Devonport Naval Base on 20 May, Naval Today reports.
HMS Trenchant’s...
Type 26 frigate’s capability
The Type 26 Frigate has the potential to be one of the most capable warships the Royal Navy has owned in decades but only...
China’s militarisation of its commercial fleet
Over the many years of reporting maritime news, the idea that China could militarize its commercial maritime fleet has been dismissed by most of...
US Navy to lose if ship building stalled
The U.S. Navy doesn’t want to promise to buy too many ships in the next five years, in case it can’t follow through due...
Ukraine: US carrier in Naples
A U.S. aircraft carrier visited the southern Italian city of Naples for only the second time in six years as the military continues its...
Relief vessel not up to the task
By Bob Moyse
In terms of scale, the recently announced Pacific support vessel, ADV Reliant, is chicken feed compared to the Royal Australian Navy’s submarine...