Mogami: inside the contender for frigate contract
During a pre-Christmas visit to Japan, a small group of Australian journalists were given unprecedented access to one of two contenders for SEA 3000...
Finland seizes suspect Russian oil ship
Authorities from Finland have seized a ship carrying Russian oil in the Baltic Sea on suspicion it caused the outage of an undersea power...
Spanish firm buys UK shipyard
The British arm of Spanish state-owned shipbuilder Navantia will acquire the UK shipyard Harland & Wolff in a rescue deal that Navantia says will...
Border Force to get two Evolved Class vessels
Austal has been awarded a $137.02 million (~$85 million USD) contract modification to build two additional Evolved Cape-class Patrol Boats (ECCPB) for the Australian...
Uncrewed vessels: progress and potential
By Keirin Joyce*
Australia is doing well in developing uncrewed naval vessels. Now it needs to redouble efforts to get them into service faster. Application...
New US ice-breaker construction begins
The construction of the first Polar Security Cutter (PSC) heavy icebreaker for the U.S. Coast Guard is now formally proceeding, the War Zone reports....
Russia’s new LNG vessel
In a significant step to expand Russia’s domestic shipbuilding portfolio the Zvezda shipyard has completed work on its first LNG vessel. Ice-capable gas carrier...
Four Evolved-class patrol boats commissioned
Four Evolved Cape-class patrol boats were recently commissioned in a ceremony at their home port of HMAS Coonawarra in Darwin, Northern Territory. These vessels...
$1.8bn ‘wasted’ on cruiser program
The U.S. Navy has wasted $1.84 billion since 2015 on rehabilitating its Ticonderoga class guided-missile cruisers, funds the service would rather have spent on...
HMNZS Te Kaha to deploy to Arabian Sea
In 2025, the New Zealand frigate HMNZS Te Kaha will deploy to the Arabian Sea as part of Combined Task Force 150, the multi-national...