Protecting the sea lanes from sea-air drones
WHAT are some of the ways the U.S. and other countries could defend maritime assets against swarms of Sea-Air drones? Consider a convoy system with human centered technology, algorithms from nature, and elements of gaming. Call for Submarine Institute conference presentations
PRESENTATIONS for Asia-Pacific’s leading forum on submarine matters – the Submarine Institute of Australia’s (SIA) eighth biennial conference – are now being invited. National...
What aircraft carrier is that? LHDs on display
THE size of a new Australian aircraft carrier is what first impresses you, Tom Lewis writes after touring HMAS Adelaide. These ships are huge – the biggest ever operated by the Navy. At 27, 850 tonnes they are 7,850 more displacement tonnes than the old carrier Melbourne, the fixed wing ship which finished up in 1984. Honour denied: book on Teddy Sheean launched
‘Honour Denied: Teddy Sheean A Tasmanian Hero and other brave warriors of the Royal Australian Navy’ has been launched at Parliament House in Hobart. Not shunned – the strange story of HMAS Armidale’s LCDR Richards
FOR many years a story of how the Royal Australian Navy badly treated the commander of HMAS Armidale after his ship was sunk has been promulgated. But it now seems this is not true, military historian Tom Lewis writes. HMAS Anzac visits Ho Chi Minh City and Cam Ranh seaport
A vessel of the Royal Australian Navy docked in Ho Chi Minh City on last Monday afternoon (30 May 2016), commencing its four-day friendly...
Indonesian navy fires shots, seizes Chinese fishing boat
Indonesia's navy said last week (June 2016) it fired shots at a Chinese trawler when it refused to stop fishing in Indonesian waters, and...
Canada targets rising shipbuilding costs
The Canadian government is overhauling its troubled multibillion-dollar shipbuilding program, bringing in additional staff and updating cost projections.
The CAN $30 billion (US $23...
Paperless 3D design for aircraft carrier
Newport News Shipbuilding is in the midst of several pilot programs aimed at creating a Smart Shipyard that could accommodate “drawingless” plans for the...
Cash shortfall poses maintenance risk for US Navy
As the US Navy faces a $848M shortfall, picking what maintenance to skip is full of risk, the US Naval Institute News Service's Megan Eckstein reports.