Record warplanes on HMS Queen Elizabeth
More warplanes than ever before have embarked on Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth ahead of exercises in the North Sea, Forces Net...
Steel cat Brisbane comes up to speed
Guided Missile Destroyer HMAS Brisbane recently stretched her legs off the coast of Sydney, to conduct a full power trial, Navy Daily reports.
A power...
US thinking about extending Nimitz class
The Navy is considering an extension of the service lives of the first few aircraft carriers in the Nimitz-class, the head of the service’s...
US says to China: build that carrier
China’s pursuit of more aircraft carriers validates the U.S. Navy’s commitment to building more American aircraft carriers in the future, the U.S. admiral in...
Autonomous systems to sustain undersea advantage
By Bryan Clark, Seth Cropsey & Timothy A. Walton, Hudson Institute
Submarines have posed a challenge to naval forces for more than a century, enabling weaker...
Ships to be powered by hydrogen and ammonia: IEA
In the future, from about 2050 onward, the world shipping fleet will likely be powered by ammonia and hydrogen, says the International Energy Agency.
The...
Post Attack class nuclear option
By Graeme Dobell*
Submarines are so vital to Australia that two of our past prime ministers have publicly pointed to the nuclear-powered option.
Shifting from the...
Admiral describes carriers’ big future
The U.S. Navy’s aircraft carriers will be prepared to fight at extended ranges well into the future, the service’s director of air warfare said,...
First NZ Anzac class upgrade
HMNZS Te Kaha has completed the first of the Frigate System Upgrades by Lockheed Martin Canada at the Seaspan shipyard in Victoria, British Columbia. She...
A full deck for HMS Queen Elizabeth
HMS Queen Elizabeth will embark two F-35 Squadrons and a full rotary wing group. A US Marine Corps F-35B squadron will join a squadron of...