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THE two US Navy destroyers involved in deadly collisions in the Pacific this summer both had lengthy records of failure to fulfil key training requirements, according to Government Accountability Office data provided to Congress and obtained by CNN.

The Minister for Defence Industry, Christopher Pyne, today has announced (sep 2017) a record number of Australian defence industry companies would be showcased at...

A SUPERGROUP of companies will fund a dozen scholarships a year to shipbuilding students to shore up the workforce. The new team — comprising the Defence Teaming Centre, Luerssen Australia, ASC Shipbuilding, and Civmec/Forgacs — was announced at ASC (Sep 2017).

The Malabar exercises, of the Indian, Japanese and US navies, will take on increasing relevance, not only for the countries that participate, but also for regional states, including Australia and Indonesia, and extra-regional actors, such as China and Russia, which have important stakes in the Indo-Pacific, Balaji Chandramohan writes.

There is a risk that human decision-making may no longer be involved in the use of lethal force as we capitalize on the military applications of Artificial Intelligence to enhance war-fighting capabilities. Humans should never relinquish control of decisions regarding the employment of lethal force. How do we keep humans in the loop, Marjorie Greene asks.

Dr Rebecca Strating looks behind the settlement of the long-running and often bitter dispute between Timor-Leste and Australia over maritime boundaries and resources in the Timor Sea.

Much of the attention on cyber threats focuses on hackers, data thefts, cyber espionage, and information or influence campaigns. And those are important. But these really are not the biggest threats in the maritime environment. The threats naval forces face in a maritime environment vary depending upon the part of cyberspace we’re talking about.

ASEAN’s requirement for unanimity in decision-making gives China a de facto veto because several ASEAN members are dependent on China. China has also undermined Indonesia’s status within ASEAN on several occasions, in particular by contesting its exclusive economic zone boundaries, thus undermining its ambition to be an honest broker in the South China Sea dispute. So the question is: does Jakarta need to rethink its foreign policy, Bob Lowry asks.

Thousands of vessels head to South China Sea after ban on catching fish in the area is lifted, but their presence could anger neighbouring...

Singapore and the United States have held their first bilateral naval exercise off the waters of Guam, where they conducted anti-submarine, anti-surface and anti-air...