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The Thales Australia Minehunter In Service Support Program has been recognised for Excellence in Innovation by the Asset Management Council of Australia. Thales' Minehunter In...

The Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral John Richardson, announced the establishment of U.S. 2nd Fleet during a change of command ceremony for U.S. Fleet Forces Command (USFF) in Norfolk, May 4. Second Fleet will exercise operational and administrative authorities over assigned ships, aircraft and landing forces on the East Coast and northern Atlantic Ocean.

Local businesses will be given a greater opportunity to be involved in construction works for the Shoalwater Bay Training Area remediation and expansion projects....

In another example of ongoing progress in the national shipbuilding enterprise, Lurssen Australia, the prime contractor for the design and build of 12 new...

By Richard McGregor* When Southeast Asian leaders gathered for a recent summit with Australia in Sydney, many of their diplomats had a question for their...

By Euan Graham How should we react to news reports that China challenged Australian warships in the course of transiting the South China Sea, on...

World naval developments April 2018 By Norman Friedman* Early in April the Administration announced that it had approved a marketing license allowing U.S. companies to sell...

Jason Lancaster: In 1801, it seemed as if Britain had made the entire world her enemy. Her allies had dropped by the wayside, Spain had swapped sides and allied with France, Austria was defeated, and Russia, under Tsar Paul, schemed to divide Europe between itself and France. Three coalitions formed against Republican France had already collapsed, leaving Britain friendless and alone. Yet, Britain fought on, alone.

Brendan Nicholson: International defence companies have been warned that seeking a share of the $200 billion to be spent upgrading the Australian Defence Force will require a much greater commitment than simply obtaining an Australian business number. Defence Industry Minister Christopher Pyne used a speech at the Australian Strategic Policy Institute (April 2018) to launch Australia’s first Defence Industrial Capability Plan, which he described as a blueprint to create the maximum alignment between defence needs and defence industry.

By Hugh White* It is good to see Ben Schreer and Nick Bisley set out so clearly the questions that lie unanswered at the heart of Australia’s foreign policy today (Article is here..) They ask whether we’re really serious about defending Asia’s status quo—the ‘rules-based order’—by opposing China’s bid for regional hegemony in East Asia, and if so what are we willing to do about it? These questions have been evaded for too long