US unmanned scale-up in Mid-East
The U.S. Navy and its partners in the Middle East are scaling up the number and the complexity of unmanned boats and artificial intelligence...
Multinational mine-warfare exercise in Korea
In October the Republic of Korea hosted the week-long Multinational Mine Warfare Exercise (MN- MIWEX). The participants nations besides the hosts were Australia, Belgium, Canada,...
Fleet Air Arm’s 75 Years
On 21 October, as part of the celebrations to mark the 75th anniversary of the Fleet Air Arm, contingents from HMAS Albatross, HMAS Creswelland...
Chinese operations in Gulf of Aden
On 25 October the PLA-N’s 42nd rotation of a Task Group in the Gulf of Aden commenced operations. The Task Group, from the Northern...
What the Budget did with Defence
By Marcus Hellyer*
The Albanese government just released its first budget, but it’s the second one for 2022–23. In this article I’ll focus on what’s...
Taskforce confident on subs endeavour
By Brendan Nicholson*
After a year of intense research, the head of the 350-strong nuclear-powered submarine taskforce is confident the Royal Australian Navy will be...
Australia and PNG should upgrade Milne Bay
By Anthony Bergin and Neil Baird*
In 1942, the Imperial Japanese Navy saw considerable value in Milne Bay, on the eastern tip of what is now...
Making the most of AUKUS
By Marcus Hellyer*
Australia is in style inside the Washington beltway. While AUKUS might not yet have a slogan like the ‘Throw another shrimp on...
Very thin cable to do the ASW trick
On its stand at Euronaval, Thales was displaying a suite of solutions to detect with, connect to and effect against unmanned systems. On the...
Australian media found wanting on subs deal
Why did no Australian media outlet tell us the easily discovered truth about the compromising of the integrity of the Australian submarine decision process...