Ships

French get new patrol boat

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UFAST successfully launched the first patrol boat (known as VFM) meant for the Fusiliers Marin (Navy Riflemen) force. This is an important milestone for...

First Evolved Cape-class patrol boat launched

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The first of six Evolved Cape-class patrol boats was recently launched at the Austal Ships shipyard in Henderson, Western Australia, the Department of Defence...

Tasmanian company’s seaboat success in NZ

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Tasmanian company PFG has cracked open the naval seaboat market securing a contract with The Royal New Zealand Navy for advanced 12.5 metre 'Sentinel'...

The second-hand option for N-subs

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By Marcus Hellyer* In case you’ve just arrived from Mars, the Australian government has announced it will acquire, with the assistance of the United States...

Do the maths, and build subs in US

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The first of anything is expensive. Theodore Wright studied this in the 1930s and found a mathematical relationship between how many of a thing...

Biden warned on weapons-grade uranium

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There is growing pressure on the new Aukus partners to scrap plans to use weapons-grade uranium on submarines, the Guardian reports. A group of former...

RAN Seahawk down. Crew safe

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Three crewmembers of a Royal Australian Navy MH-60R Seahawk helicopter are safe after ditching their helicopter in the Philippine Sea during a routine flight...

Accused Navy engineer stays in custody

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Federal prosecutors asked Monday that a Navy engineer remain locked up as they press forward with charges that he tried to sell submarine secrets...

HMS Prince of Wales fully operational

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The UK now has two aircraft carriers ready for duties as HMS Prince of Wales has been declared fully operational. The fortnight-long Exercise Joint Warrior wrapped up two...

Japanese carrier to take F-35Bs

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Short takeoff and vertical-landing F-35B stealth jets from the U.S. Marine Corps are poised to go aboard the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, or JMSDF,...