US Navy reshapes acquisition system
On 16 March the Department of the Navy (DON) announced the establishment of five Portfolio Acquisition Executive (PAE) organisations: PAE Industrial Operations, PAE Marine...
Doubts about Iranian mine-laying
By Tom Sharpe*
With the Strait of Hormuz effectively closed to all but a chosen few, plus the odd foolhardy captain running the gauntlet, everyone...
US options to combat mine warfare
The U.S. military possesses several capabilities that it could wield to combat naval mine warfare in the Strait of Hormuz, the Navy Times reports....
Audits of defence projects scrapped
Massive defence projects will no longer be subject to thorough public scrutiny after a parliamentary committee ended an almost 20-year practice of having the...
UK goes for more uncrewed vessels
The Royal Navy is preparing to acquire a fleet of 20 uncrewed surface vessels under a programme known as Project Beehive, according to a...
Whole class of Iranian vessels wiped
Since the United States and Israel began their joint offensive against Iran on Feb. 28, the U.S. has targeted and taken out more than...
Beyond Bluebottle program
By Malcolm Davis*
Expansion of Australia’s fleet of Ocius Bluebottle uncrewed boats is an important step, but it must not be the last in creating...
Australia right to aid Gulf states
By Jennifer Parker*
In the second week of the escalating conflict between the United States, Israel and Iran, Australia on 10 March announced a limited...
Whoops: China’s FON concession
By Sean Andrews*
When Anthony Albanese raised concerns in Beijing about the PLA Navy’s live-fire exercise off Australia’s east coast, Xi Jinping’s reply was blunt:...
The demise of Iranian naval power
US Central Command (CENTCOM) images released on 4 March showed the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps Navy’s (IRGCN’s) Shahid Sayad Shirazi. The revelation and accompanying...