AUKUS electronic warfare co-operation
In alignment with its Pillar II priorities, the AUKUS trilateral security alliance is standing up a data-sharing framework dedicated to electronic warfare (EW), according...
Boost spending to 3pc of GDP: Houston
Sounding the alarm that the AUKUS nuclear submarine deal will eat into non-naval priorities, the former head of the Australian Defence Force today called...
Update on US Frigate Program
On 20 November the US Congressional Research Service released the 36 page Navy Constellation (FFG-62) Class Frigate Program: Background and Issues for Congress report....
Exercise Keris Woomera
The largest combined joint activity between the ADF and Indonesian National Armed Forces (TNI) has concluded. Exercise Keris Woomera 2024 (KW24), which involves about...
Exercise Malapura 2024
The Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN) and the Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN) concluded the 32nd edition of bilateral Exercise Malapura. This year’s exercise, which...
HMNZS Manawanui fuel removal update
Work will start soon on the removal of fuel and other pollutants from the HMNZS Manawanui, which sank last month off the coast of...
Time for an Australian Coast Guard
The maritime domain, including Australia’s maritime domain, faces unprecedented challenges, as highlighted by recent reports of suspected sabotage to undersea cables off the coast...
A warship in a box
By Steve Wills*
The ubiquitous shipping container, equipped with everything from cruise missiles to towed array sonars, generators, berthing, and command spaces, allows for the...
UK Navy ends review with ship scrappings
The UK Royal Navy has ended its full spectrum naval capability following the scrapping of two amphibious assault ships, HMS Albion and HMS Bulwark,...
NATO needs subsea cable plan
By Cynthia Mehboob*
This month, a disturbing escalation in the suspected sabotage of undersea cables unfolded in the Baltic Sea. Two fibre-optic cables – one...