US Navy learning from shipbuilding mistakes
The U.S. Navy appears to have learned from its costly lessons — after cramming too much new technology onto warships and speeding them into...
Naval health services: unfit for purpose?
Naval Health Services: Their Missions, Functions and Roles, and Fundamental Inputs to Capability
By Commander Neil Westphalen, RAN*
This article was first published in the Australian Naval...
Ukraine sea drones show the way
By Artem Galushko*
For a county with a rather modest fleet of warships (Axe, 2022) Ukraine has fared unexpectedly well up to now against the...
Mothership for unmanned vessels idea
The Navy is studying the potential of using Littoral Combat Ships as motherships for unmanned vessels, with the “current phase” of its study expected...
Strategic Review amid sea of concern
It doesn't feel like we have quite as many "pic facs" or "photo ops" as we once did around Parliament House. They are those...
New smaller Italian sub
Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri showcased at IDEX its latest S800 light submarine, designed for covert operations in shallow-waters and said to have grabbed the attention...
Another Guardian class vessel for Pacific
The Commonwealth is set to order another Guardian class patrol boat from Austal as part of the Pacific Maritime Security Program (PMSP). The additional...
US Admiral’s optimism on industry role
During a visit this week to Australia, the US Navy’s top officer acknowledged that there is some “risk” that America’s submarine industrial base cannot...
Uncrewed vessels’ greater role
Uncrewed vessels with the ability to jam electronics, spy on faraway activities and even help coordinate the flow of fighting will play an increasingly...
Private US boats are a military asset
By Jasper Campbell*
Introduction
Much has been made about the threat of the People’s Armed Forces Maritime Militia (PAFMM) and its contributions to the burgeoning People’s...