Anzac and Sirius in Indian Ocean exercise
Two Royal Australian Navy ships – HMA Ships Anzac (III) and Sirius – are currently conducting a two-month deployment throughout the north-east Indian Ocean...
US shipyards plan under scrutiny
The U.S. Navy is reworking its tenuous plan to revitalize its public shipyards, where the fleet’s nuclear maintenance is done, as it has become...
Poor Chinese aluminium delays boats
Poor quality aluminium imported from China is being blamed for the delayed delivery of the Royal Australian Navy's new $350 million evolved Cape Class...
New radar for HMS Dauntless
The Royal Navy HMS Dauntless Type 45 destroyer's S1850M Long Range Radar has been officially completely revised since last week. The overhaul was part...
Vertical replenishment breakthrough
The US Navy has successfully conducted the first aircraft carrier F135 engine power module proof-of-concept vertical replenishment (VERTREP) at sea.
The development marks an important...
HMAS Sydney heads for US trials
HMAS Sydney left her home port at Fleet Base East last week to conduct trials on her AEGIS weapons system with the United States Navy,...
The US Navy’s wasted ship-building decade
The U.S. Navy spent a decade in the early 2000s building warships that either don’t work, cost too much to build in large numbers...
RAN explores new submarine repair method
Some of the country’s leading defence specialists are adapting repair technologies to help the Australian Navy operate more effectively, create, an engineering website reports.
Lurking...
Zumwalt aces rough-sea testing
The stealth destroyer Zumwalt aced its rough seas testing, leaders from Naval Sea Systems Command said in a recent release, DefenseNews reports.
Engineers from the...
UK seeks ideas on sea-launched unmanned weapons
The UK Ministry of Defence is seeking information on the potential for industry provide assisted launch and arrested recover systems for a range of...