PAC-3 missiles for RAN ships?
By Victor Abramowicz*The United States is moving to integrate its land-based PAC-3 surface-to-air missile on to warships. This effort presents an opportunity to enhance...
Time to reinvigorate failing Pillar II
By Peter J. Dean and Alice Nason*
Almost four years on from the launch of the trilateral AUKUS pact, the partners’ Pillar II advanced capabilities...
RNs remote bomb disposal unit
An underwater robot designed to tackle sabotage threats and deal with unexploded bombs is being tested by the Royal Navy.
The remotely operated vehicle (ROV)...
Chinese carrier strike group in W Pacific
Two Chinese aircraft carrier strike groups have simultaneously deployed to the Western Pacific – a first for the People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN), Japanese...
Calls for money and capacity in UK
Two senior UK defence figures have called for more money and a build-up of defence industrial capacity in letters to UK newspapers.
Vice Admiral Sir...
Five aspects of the UK review
Shashank Joshi, defence editor at The Economist and a visiting senior fellow at the Department of War Studies, King’s College London, looks at five interesting...
US boosts remote maintenance
Five U.S. Navy ships now have working Augmented Reality Maintenance Systems that allow technicians to remotely troubleshoot problems from a sailor’s point of view,...
Understanding the cost of Australia’s naval defence
By Marc Ablong
The key questions for the Royal Australian Navy coming out of the 2025–26 federal budget are: whether sufficient funds are being spent...
Mogami to boost Defence ties with Japan
On May 23 ADM interviewed Sayako Sumomo, Director of the International Cooperation Division of ATLA’s Department of Equipment Policy, to discuss why the Mogami...
Maldives to receive patrol boat from Australia
On 2 June 2025 Australia’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence, Richard Marles and Maldives Minister of Defence, Mohamed Ghassan Maumoon, announced Australia...