Sea lanes not as important as you thought
The Ever Given container vessel is finally freed, but there has been extensive discussion of the potential economic costs of disruption to world shipping...
China to overtake US sub fleet by 2030
By H I Sutton*
The U.S. Navy has a larger submarine force than China. 68 submarines compared to an estimated 66, Naval News reports. This...
Half of RAAF out with HMAS Hobart
The Royal Australian Air Force and the Royal Australian Navy have participated in Exercise Tasman Shield 21, conducting simulated air-maritime integrated missions on the...
Guardian-class training moves to Cairns
TAFE Queensland has won a $36million contract to provide mariner training and support to the Navy crews of Guardian-class patrol boats, Contact reports.
Funds are...
Anzac and Sirius in Indian Ocean exercise
Two Royal Australian Navy ships – HMA Ships Anzac (III) and Sirius – are currently conducting a two-month deployment throughout the north-east Indian Ocean...
US shipyards plan under scrutiny
The U.S. Navy is reworking its tenuous plan to revitalize its public shipyards, where the fleet’s nuclear maintenance is done, as it has become...
Poor Chinese aluminium delays boats
Poor quality aluminium imported from China is being blamed for the delayed delivery of the Royal Australian Navy's new $350 million evolved Cape Class...
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...