Exercise La Perouse 2023
On 13 and 14 March 2023, the multilateral cooperation Exercise La Perouse 2023 brought together seven nations involved in maritime security in the Indo-Pacific...
Fifth Cape-class launched
Defence’s fifth evolved Cape-class patrol boat (CCPB) has been launched in Henderson, Western Australia, bringing Australia a step closer to an enhanced border protection...
India’s carrier dilemma
By Abhijit Singh*
The late General Bipin Rawat, India’s first Chief of Defence Staff, took a dim view of aircraft carriers. He considered them expensive...
Russian breaching closed waterway
A Russian cargo ship slipped quietly into the Black Sea with a suspected load of war supplies for Russia's invasion of Ukraine, H I...
China’s extra-large uncrewed vessel
New evidence points to China's XLUUV (extra-large uncrewed underwater vehicles) being armed with torpedoes. This is a significant leap in this space and, together...
US Navy learning from shipbuilding mistakes
The U.S. Navy appears to have learned from its costly lessons — after cramming too much new technology onto warships and speeding them into...
Naval health services: unfit for purpose?
Naval Health Services: Their Missions, Functions and Roles, and Fundamental Inputs to Capability
By Commander Neil Westphalen, RAN*
This article was first published in the Australian Naval...
Ukraine sea drones show the way
By Artem Galushko*
For a county with a rather modest fleet of warships (Axe, 2022) Ukraine has fared unexpectedly well up to now against the...
Mothership for unmanned vessels idea
The Navy is studying the potential of using Littoral Combat Ships as motherships for unmanned vessels, with the “current phase” of its study expected...
Another Guardian class vessel for Pacific
The Commonwealth is set to order another Guardian class patrol boat from Austal as part of the Pacific Maritime Security Program (PMSP). The additional...