More expensive warships challenged
In the Keynote speech for the 2026 Combined Naval Event at Farnborough, First Sea Lord General Gwyn Jenkins delivered his sharpest challenge yet to...
A great wall of underwater sensors
China is building a network of undersea sensors in the Pacific Ocean to detect the U.S. Navy’s nuclear submarines and secure its sea-based nuclear...
A fallback for risky Collins LOTE
By Richard Gray*
The reduced Collins-class submarine Life-of-Type Extension (LOTE) program, announced on 19 May, will cost more than previously expected and deliver less capability....
China using all levers to keep Darwin Port
By Geoff Wade and Justin Bassi*
Litigation by the Chinese lessee of Darwin Port is an attempt at stymying the Australian government’s stated aim of returning...
ANAO report on Collins Class Life of Type Extension
On 22 May 2026 the Australian National Audit Office (ANAO) released its report Defence’s Collins Class Submarines Life of Type Extension — Planning and...
China’s Liaoning Carrier Task Group deploys to Western Pacific
On 19 May the People’s Liberation Army-Navy announced that a naval task group centred on the aircraft carrier Liaoning had departed its homeport for...
RNZN USVs conduct narcotics trafficking patrol
On 22 May it was announced by the Royal New Zealand Navy’s (RNZN) that its two Uncrewed Surface Vessels (USVs) completed the second of...
From the ANI Archive – Technology & Strategy
The relationship between technology and maritime strategy has been a common thread running through many articles that appeared in the Journal of the Australian...
Collins class life extension
On 19 May the Commonwealth Government announced its approach to extending the service life of the RAN’s six Collins class submarines.
The media release follows:
The...
S05 (Special E1) Maritime elements of NDS
ANI Podcast Series 05 Special Episode 1
Unpacking the Maritime Elements of the 2026 National Defence Strategy
Australian Naval Institute Webinar – 6 May 2026
Synopsis:
The...