First US woman Chief of the Boat
On 22 August Master Chief Information Systems Technician Angela Koogler became the first woman to be Chief of the Boat in the US submarine...
Construction of first Constellation Class frigate begins
On 31 August construction began on the lead ship Constellation (FFG-62) of the Constellation class frigates at the Fincantieri Marinette Marine (FMM) shipyard in...
Australian research into biofilms
Defence is partnering with industry and academia to establish a world-leading research facility in biofilms, with a focus on innovative biofouling control solutions. Biofilms are...
Importance of engaging Asia
By Peter Varghese*
The political philosopher Edmund Burke once observed that society was a contract across generations linking the past, present and future. Something similar...
US Coast Guard seizes $20m drugs in Oman Gulf
U.S. Coast Guard fast response cutter Glen Harris confiscated roughly $20 million in illegal drugs from a fishing vessel in the Gulf of Oman...
US stops Iran from stealing unmanned vessel
The U.S. Navy halted one of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy vessels from confiscating a 5th Fleet unmanned surface vessel in the Arabian...
China mapping underwater assets
For all the muscle-flexing by China and escalating rhetoric by the United States, there's another fierce contest occurring completely out of sight — the battle...
Pay for the defence big ticket items
Recent public debate has yielded a long list of expensive new defence capabilities to acquire, but few ideas on how to pay for them.
The...
Emergency command lines clarified
The U.S. Navy is clarifying the chain of command for fires and other emergencies that occur while ships are in port for maintenance, the...
China tries to erase Taiwan Strait ‘line’
For nearly 70 years an imagined line running down the Taiwan Strait between Taiwan and China has helped keep the peace but the so-called...