Vertical replenishment breakthrough
The US Navy has successfully conducted the first aircraft carrier F135 engine power module proof-of-concept vertical replenishment (VERTREP) at sea.
The development marks an important...
HMAS Sydney heads for US trials
HMAS Sydney left her home port at Fleet Base East last week to conduct trials on her AEGIS weapons system with the United States Navy,...
The US Navy’s wasted ship-building decade
The U.S. Navy spent a decade in the early 2000s building warships that either don’t work, cost too much to build in large numbers...
RAN explores new submarine repair method
Some of the country’s leading defence specialists are adapting repair technologies to help the Australian Navy operate more effectively, create, an engineering website reports.
Lurking...
Zumwalt aces rough-sea testing
The stealth destroyer Zumwalt aced its rough seas testing, leaders from Naval Sea Systems Command said in a recent release, DefenseNews reports.
Engineers from the...
Aussie-NZ goodwill replenished
The crew of HMAS Hobart used a replenishment-at-sea exercise to pass gifts to the crew of the Royal New Zealand Navy’s newest ship, HMNZS...
PM should stand up to French over subs: Hewson
By John Hewson*
Scott Morrison has a unique opportunity to show some backbone, to stand up to the French and Defence in relation to one...
HMAS Canberra work an Australian first
The recent completion of HMAS Canberra’s maintenance is the first time an operation on such a scale had been performed in Australia, Contact Air Sea and...
South Korea’s unnecessary aircraft carrier
By Bradley Perrett*
South Korea daily faces a risk of cataclysmic war: invasion by an army of more than 1 million, mass artillery bombardment of its...
Covid hits US ships in Mid-East
A dozen troops on an amphibious transport dock ship and several more on a guided-missile cruiser have tested positive for the illness caused by...