Australian N-subs: Speed, stealth, firepower
In a nondescript office building in Canberra, hundreds of officials have spent months fine-tuning highly secretive plans for Australia to become just the seventh...
China’s extra-large uncrewed vessel
New evidence points to China's XLUUV (extra-large uncrewed underwater vehicles) being armed with torpedoes. This is a significant leap in this space and, together...
UK should buy more Australian military equipment
The defence industry minister has challenged the UK to purchase more Australian-made military equipment such as Bushmasters given British companies have won billions of dollars...
China leading with 37 of 44 critical technologies: ASPI
China is leaving the United States and other democracies behind in the global race for ascendancy in critical technologies, establishing wider leads in publishing...
US Navy learning from shipbuilding mistakes
The U.S. Navy appears to have learned from its costly lessons — after cramming too much new technology onto warships and speeding them into...
Naval health services: unfit for purpose?
Naval Health Services: Their Missions, Functions and Roles, and Fundamental Inputs to Capability
By Commander Neil Westphalen, RAN*
This article was first published in the Australian Naval...
Ukraine sea drones show the way
By Artem Galushko*
For a county with a rather modest fleet of warships (Axe, 2022) Ukraine has fared unexpectedly well up to now against the...
Mothership for unmanned vessels idea
The Navy is studying the potential of using Littoral Combat Ships as motherships for unmanned vessels, with the “current phase” of its study expected...
New smaller Italian sub
Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri showcased at IDEX its latest S800 light submarine, designed for covert operations in shallow-waters and said to have grabbed the attention...
Another Guardian class vessel for Pacific
The Commonwealth is set to order another Guardian class patrol boat from Austal as part of the Pacific Maritime Security Program (PMSP). The additional...