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THE second highest Australian honour – the George Cross – has been highlighted in a new display dedicated to each Royal Australian Naval member...

By Serge DeSilva-Ranasinghe AUSTRALIA'S vast northern recesses is a strategically sensitive region, and remains the subject of ongoing debate as to how best to secure this porous area. Situated in Darwin, the Northern Command (NORCOM), is the premier defence organisation that oversees and coordinates Defence's presence in Australia's remote North and North West regions. Commodore Brenton Smyth, the Commander of NORCOM, gave an exclusive interview describing the role and inner workings of one of Australia's most strategic military commands.

By Dave Majumdar* RUSSIA is developing a family of unmanned surface and underwater vehicles, a high-ranking official in that country’s navy said this week. While the U.S. Navy has been developing naval drones for more than a decade, this is the first indication that Moscow is working on similar capabilities.

The Royal Aeronautical Society responds to the UK Government’s Strategic Defence and Security Review (SDSR)

By David Szondy IN 2007, International Climbing Machines (ICM) unveiled its Climber robot, which can scale walls and rounded surfaces using a patented seal system. Now, it's trying to interest the US Navy in using robots to take over the nasty job of stripping away the rubber anti-sonar cladding from the nuclear submarine fleet using a method that is both cheaper and safer than current procedures.

Michael Nitz of the Naval Press Service put together this portfolio of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army Naval vessels.

THE competition for a A$50 billion ($34.55 billion) contract to build Australia's next submarine fleet is narrowing to a race between Japan and France...

By Ben Ho Wan Beng The United Kingdom’s new national security document – the Strategic Defence and Security Review 2015 (SDSR 2015) – was released to much fanfare. This document has been generally well received in the defense community with most analysts believing that the review’s proposed changes would profoundly boost Britain’s military capabilities in the coming years.

CHINA'S growing military presence in the South China Sea has drawn warnings from the United States that Beijing is seeking to exert control over one of the world's most important sea lanes, but so far the shipping industry seems less concerned.

By David Larter, Navy Times THE surface Navy’s top officer announced on Tuesday the deployment of a surface action group this spring in a move to make the surface fleet more formidable against sophisticated adversaries.