The New Jersey submarines
The USS New Jersey, a World War II Iowa-class battleship and floating museum, is set for refurbishment, while the Block IV Virginia-class attack submarine...
RNZAF conducts maritime surveillance of Pitcairn Islands
New Zealand provided assistance to the United Kingdom by supporting the UK Blue Belt marine conservation program. A RNAF P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft...
NZ could join Australian frigate program
By Euan Graham*
Last week’s unveiling of the expansionary blueprint for Australia’s future naval surface fleet brings with it a golden opportunity to revive defence...
It’s corvette time again
By Tom Lewis*
Once again Australia prepares for war, this time with a new class of warship, called light frigates or corvettes. They have just...
Austal awarded contract for two more RAN patrol boats
Austal Australia has been awarded a contract extension for the construction of two additional Evolved Cape-class Patrol Boats for the RAN. The A$157 million...
Albion vital to UK standing
A former Commander of the Falklands Task Group and the former Captain of HMS Fearless have urged the Government not to scrap the Albion...
Hunter-class avoids the axe
Australia's troubled Hunter-class frigate program has avoided being axed following a sweeping review of the navy's combat surface fleet, with at least six and...
Fixing an under-gunned Navy
By James Garlick*
The navy is under-gunned for the strategic circumstances Australia faces. For years, commentators have criticised its existing and planned platforms for possessing...
ADV Reliant delivers water to Micronesia
Australian Defence Vessel Reliant delivered 116,000 litres of fresh water to Pohnpei in the Federated States of Micronesia. Usually one of the wettest places...
Should hospital ships be armed?
In 1949, the Geneva Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded, Sick, and Shipwrecked Members of the Armed Forces set out...