RAN officers’ nuclear graduation
AUKUS has taken another significant step forward with the graduation of three Royal Australian Navy officers from the Royal Navy’s (RN) Nuclear Reactor Course...
Ghost Shark in the US
The Australian-made advanced Extra-Large Autonomous Undersea Vehicle (XL-AUV), the Ghost Shark, has arrived in the United States for the first time, Naval News reports.
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First US nuclear submarine maintenance in Australia
In a historic first, RAN personnel will work alongside with their US counterparts to conduct maintenance on USS Hawaii (SSN 776) in Australia as...
New sophisticated Chinese boat
A Chinese shipyard in Wuhan has launched a submarine which is likely to be the country's most advanced non-nuclear type. The new boat is...
Wreck of WWII US submarine found
The Naval History and Heritage Command (NHHC) has confirmed the wreck site of the World War II submarine USS Harder (SS-257), US Naval Institute...
USS Emory S Land supports AUKUS Pillar 1
The US Navy submarine tender USS Emory S. Land arrived in HMAS Stirling on 16 August marking the seventh port visit in Australia since...
USS Florida’s 727 days at sea
The Ohio-class guided-missile submarine USS Florida (SSGN 728) has returned to Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay, Georgia, after a record-breaking 727-day deployment, UK Defence...
AUKUS: naysayers and realists
Since Australia, the United States and Britain announced details of the plan for Australia to acquire a fleet of nuclear-powered submarines almost 18 months...
Getting better value from AUKUS SSNs
By Harlan Ullman*
The 1972 movie The Candidate is a good metaphor for the current state of AUKUS, the tri-nation consortium for supplying Australia with...
$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...