USS Howard in soft-grounding off Bali
A Japan-based guided-missile destroyer made a “soft-grounding,” near the Indonesian island of Bali ahead of a port visit on Aug. 10, USNI News has...
Navantia Australia awarded DDG Platform Systems Design contract
Navantia Australia has been engaged by the Commonwealth of Australia as the Platform Systems Designer for the SEA4000 Phase 6 Hobart Class Guided Missile...
Future naval battles fought from land
The US may have the most advanced navy in the world — but as Pentagon officials have openly warned, China’s strategy to counter it...
Shipbuilders queue for Australian business
As Australia awaits a critical review of its naval posture, international shipbuilding firms are already lining up their pitches to help build any new...
Ships’ service lives extended
The US Navy plans to extend the service life of four guided-missile destroyers that were slated to be retired in the coming years, adding...
Yemen oil disaster averted
A "floating time bomb" oil tanker left adrift in the Red Sea has successfully been drained of its cargo, the UN says.
The vessel was...
US Congressional report on US Navy’s destroyers
The US Congressional Research Service has released a report on the US Navy’s two destroyer programs. The Arleigh Burke (DDG-51) class destroyer program is...
Netherland’s diesel submarine move
The Netherlands Ministry of Defense (MoD) says it has received three offers from European shipbuilders for the Replacement Netherlands Submarine Capability Program (RNSCP) for...
BAE to get key AUKUS N-sub role
Plans have surfaced from a recent ‘Departmental Minute dated 28 June 2023‘ indicating the UK Ministry of Defence’s intent to contract BAE Systems for...
Corvettes not a good option for RAN
By Rowan Moffitt*
Several recent articles, including one last week by the US Studies Centre’s Peter Dean, have promoted the need for corvettes for the...