$2.2bn contract for Collins service
The Australian government signed a $2.2 billion four-year contract with national submarine builder ASC last week to keep Canberra’s existing Collins-class submarines in service...
Value of WA’s revamped submarine facilities
By John Blaxland*
Cockburn Sound, a calm waterway tucked behind an island near Fremantle in Western Australia, is about to become much better known thanks...
AUKUS sales pitch falls short
Dr Albert Palazzo*
Luke Gosling’s recent Lowy Institute Analysis, “Deterring at a distance: The strategic logic of AUKUS”, marks the first time a member of the...
Three RAN officers now nuclear engineers
Three Royal Australian Navy officers have made history by qualifying as nuclear engineers following an intensive nine-month training programme at HMS Sultan in Gosport,...
Indo-Pacific: more turn to submarines
Several US allies in the region have launched new subs this year, and others are making plans to buy them, reflecting a long-standing focus...
Major new joint venture for SSN AUKUS
The formation of a new joint venture (JV) – H&B Defence – by UK and US defence primes Babcock and HII as part of...
RAN sailors training at US submarine school
RAN Sailors are now undertaking training at the US Naval Submarine School in Groton, Connecticut. The first cadre of nine sailors and the second...
What it takes to be a sub-mariner
Australia needs at least 3000 submariners by the 2050s for its new nuclear submarine program, but only a rare few have what it takes...
First Collins Class life-of-type extension
On 5 June it was announced that HMAS Farncomb will be the first of Australia’s six Collins class submarines to undergo sustainment and capability...
Russian N-sub to visit Cuba
The top-modern, heavily armed, submarine is part of a Russian naval detachment of four ships that will stay in port of the Cuban capital...