NDS: not enough new stuff
By Peter Layton*
Sometimes new government strategies really aren’t newsworthy. The 2026 National Defence Strategy (NDS) is like that. The biggest headline from the document...
ANI welcomes top defence appointments
Nomination of Vice Admiral Mark Hammond AO RAN as Chief of the Defence Force and Rear Admiral Matthew Buckley AM CSC RAN as Chief...
First naval nuclear course begun in WA
Western Australia’s first naval nuclear foundations training course has been launched, developed in partnership with Curtin University to support AUKUS and the future sustainment...
US CNO visits Australia & Singapore
The US Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Daryl Caudle traveled more than 18,000 miles across the US Indo-Pacific Command area of responsibility during a...
ADF-NZDF Cyber Agreement
The Five Eyes Defence Cyber Contact Group Conference in Melbourne during March marked a significant step forward in trans-Tasman cyber cooperation. The New Zealand...
Australia’s maritime vulnerability
By Jennifer Parker*
Paranoia about fuel supplies has suddenly entered Australia’s mainstream debate, as Canberra wakes up and starts counting how many frigates and destroyers...
Fast, fluent, flawed: AI all at sea
By CMDR Paul D Pelczar, OAM, RAN*
“The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge.”
— Daniel J. Boorstin
Daniel J....
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...
2026 ANI McNeil Prize – Nominations are Open
Nominations are now open for the 2026 ANI McNeil Prize.
First Awarded in 2017 the ANI McNeil Prize is awarded to ‘an individual from Australian...
Xi stresses political loyalty
Xinhua, China’s state news agency reported that President Xi Jinping on 7 March, “stressed fully leveraging the unique strengths of enhancing political loyalty in...