France’s Naval Group ‘disappointed’
The new AUKUS strategic partnership announced today (16 September) spells the end of the Australian Government's $90 billion project for French-designed Attack Class submarines...
Joint leaders’ statement on nuclear submarines
The following is the joint statement by the Australian Prime Minister, Scott Morrison, the UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson, and US President Joe Biden
As leaders...
RAN and Indian Navy conducted ‘AUSINDEX’
The frigate HMAS Warramunga, the submarine HMAS Rankin and an Indian Navy Task Group comprising IN Ships Shivalik and Kadmatt, under the Command of Flag...
Fall in militarily useful UK vessels
‘Militarily-useful’ vessels are defined as vessels that could be requisitioned in appropriate circumstances in support of the UK armed forces. The number of such...
Turkey looking at mini-submarines
IDEF 2021, Turkey’s largest defense exhibition, featured a variety of submarine designs and concepts. STM, a Turkish defense engineering company, unveiled the STM500 small...
HMS Queen Elizabeth & USS Carl Vinson conduct exercises
USS Carl Vinson and HMS Queen Elizabeth’s air wings put on an impressive display of air power, as jets from the carriers trained to...
RAN & Singapore Navy conduct passage exercise
On 1 Sep 2021, the Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN)'s Formidable-class frigate RSS Stalwart and Victory-class missile corvette RSS Vigour conducted a passage exercise (PASSEX) with the Royal Australian Navy...
True cost of submarine capability
By Marcus Hellyer*
You can have a cheap submarine capability, or you can have a safe and effective one. There’s no third option. Australia has...
Former USS Ingraham sunk in training exercise
The FFG USS Ingraham was sunk as part of Large Scale Exercise (LSE) 2021 off Hawaii on 15 August. Ingraham was the last US FFG to be built...
Getting real on frigate schedule
By Marcus Hellyer*
The government has announced an 18-month delay to the Royal Australian Navy’s Hunter-class future frigate program. Is this a sign that the...