RAAF autonomous aircraft unveiled
Northrop Grumman today unveiled Australia’s first MQ-4C Triton autonomous aircraft with a ceremony at its high-altitude, long-endurance (HALE) aircraft production site in California, contactairlandandsea.com...
Fuel in Nimitz’s drinking water
Navy officials are investigating how traces of jet fuel got into the potable water system aboard the aircraft carrier Nimitz last week, cutting off...
AUKUS and submarine proliferation
By Collin Koh*
This policy brief from the Asia-Pacific Leadership Network reviews nuclear submarine acquisitions in the Asia-Pacific region since AUKUS was first announced last...
US court clears admiral of all charges
A federal judge last week dismissed all charges against retired Rear Adm. Bruce Loveless for his alleged role in the West Pacific web of...
What exactly is AUKUS?
By Alessio Patalano*
Since its announcement a year ago, the AUKUS agreement linking the US and the UK to Australia’s ambition to acquire nuclear-powered submarines...
RAN women’s defence awards
By Sub Lieutenant Tahlia Merigan
It was Navy’s night at the 2022 Women in Defence Awards, with five RAN members recognised for their outstanding achievements.
In...
Kaladu 2022 exercise under way
By Lieutenant Commander Andrew Herring
While people across the globe have come together to mourn Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, the nearly 3000 people gathered...
42nd Rotation of PLA-N Task Group in the Gulf of Aden
On 21 September the 42nd Rotation of the PLA-N task group operating in the Gulf of Aden departed its homeport of Qingdao. The task...
Wide view needed in defence review
By Victor Abramowicz*
In August this year, the Australian government announced a holistic Defence Strategic Review that is, by March 2023, to provide recommendations (including...
Urgent to train Australian N-sub crews
One year into a new security relationship between Australia, the United States, and the United Kingdom, US lawmakers and naval experts are urging officials...