DSME, Lockheed Martin sign partnership deal in combat ship sector
Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co. (DSME), a South Korean shipyard, said Friday that it has signed a partnership deal with Lockheed Martin to...
Learning the lessons from Jutland
Adjunct Professor James Goldrick, who commanded HMA Ships Cessnock and Sydney (twice), is to reflect on the Battle of Jutland 100 years ago in a lecture at ANU next month. Trouble and strife beyond the Middle East
Christopher Skinner draws a connection between three naval news developments. He says the connection is that they each describe a facet of the rapidly changing geo-political situation in three areas of international crisis beyond the middle east: South China Sea and adjacent maritime areas; Korean peninsula; and Crimea. SEA5000 CEP: critical capability considerations for the future frigates
Sam Goldsmith takes a detailed look at critical capability considerations for the future frigates Navies are systems, not just warships
Alastair Cooper says navies are systems not just warships and counters the argument that submarines are going to be obsolete or that they should be nuclear-powered. Subs deal ‘shows Australia’s defence overspend’
By Crispin Hull*
WE ASKED the wrong question. We asked: should we get the French, the Germans or the Japanese to help us build new submarines? The fourth option and fifth options were not canvassed – for short-term political reasons. The fourth and fifth options were: why build any submarines at all, and if we must have some submarines why not build nuclear-powered submarines with US help. Navy installs first drone command centre aboard aircraft carrier
A DRONE command centre has been installed aboard an aircraft carrier for the first time, signifying the US Navy's commitment to a future of...
Special forces guard cruise terror targets
Commandos trained to take out IS suicide boats ELITE SBS commandos are ready to destroy Isis suicide boats that target Mediterranean cruise liners.
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Harper Government’s attempts to buy Navy ships ‘blocked by bureaucrats’
THE bureaucracy at National Defence helped scuttle two attempts by the Harper government to acquire helicopter landing ships over the last few years, documents...