SA and Feds sign submarine cooperation accord
On 15 March the Commonwealth and the South Australian Governments signed a Cooperation Agreement, outlining their respective governments’ commitment to supporting the construction of...
Fifth Cape-class launched
Defence’s fifth evolved Cape-class patrol boat (CCPB) has been launched in Henderson, Western Australia, bringing Australia a step closer to an enhanced border protection...
Biggest engineering feat since the Snowy
With the official AUKUS ceremony out of the way, Tuesday marked the start of the real work for Australia as it begins to grapple...
How AUKUS will help US industrial base
Defense officials are optimistic that billions of dollars of investments in the U.S. submarine industrial base will increase capacity to and even above the...
Passing of James Goldrick
The Australian Naval Institute sadly notifies that James Goldrick passed away this morning (17 March 2023) at 0020 at the Clare Holland Hospice in...
Obituary: Rear Admiral James Goldrick AO CSC RAN Retired
Outstanding Naval Officer and Internationally Acclaimed Naval Historian and Strategist
By Vice Admiral Peter Jones, ANI President
On 17 March 2023 Rear Admiral James Goldrick died...
New submarines – dreams and nightmares
By Tom Lewis*
The announcement of the route we will take to acquire nuclear submarines is good only in parts. Down the road a decade...
India’s carrier dilemma
By Abhijit Singh*
The late General Bipin Rawat, India’s first Chief of Defence Staff, took a dim view of aircraft carriers. He considered them expensive...
AUKUS nuclear-powered submarine pathway at a glance
The 13 March 2023 announcement in San Diego of the AUKUS Nuclear-Powered Submarine Pathway by President Joe Biden, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Prime...
An AUKUS view from Blighty
By Dr Jeremy Stocker
The recent AUKUS announcement has attracted almost as much attention in Britain as it has in Australia, such is its symbolic...