SSN-AUKUS ready in late 2030s
Britain’s new nuclear submarines will be operational from the late 2030s, replacing the current Astute Class, according to the British Government, UK Defence Journal...
Big robotic sub goes to sea
DARPA has finally unveiled more of its mysterious Manta Ray robotic sub, with impressive new images of the prototype Uncrewed Underwater Vehicle (UUV) undergoing...
SSNs: time to think alternatives
By Harlan Ullman*
The program to equip the Royal Australian Navy with nuclear submarines is in trouble. The takeaway: Australia must begin thinking now about...
Co-ordinating anti-submarine warfare
By Jason Lancaster*
Winston Churchill once stated that the only thing that scared him during the Second World War was the subsea aspect during the...
Singapore’s launches fourth Invincible Class submarine
On 22 April the Inimitable, the fourth and final submarine in Singapore’s Type 218SG Invincible class program was launched at the Thyssen Krupp Marine...
Export rules relaxed for AUKUS
The United States Department of Commerce has announced that Australia and the United Kingdom are being provided with a national exemption from the Export...
Uncrewed: the future of undersea war
Manned submarines could become a thing of the past as undersea warfare hots up and technological developments allow drones to take over, Forces Net...
Uncrewed vessels through torpedo tubes
Details have been set out for four workstrands being developed, within Pillar 2 of the AUKUS trilateral strategic defence and security partnership, to generate...
AUKUS sub design deemed mature
The new attack submarine design the United Kingdom and Australia will share through the AUKUS trilateral arrangement is in a “mature” state and will...
RAN officers posted to Virginia-class subs
On 18 April it was announced that three RAN officers will be assigned to US Virginia class submarines based at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii...