CO of US submarine removed
The commander of an East Coast nuclear guided-missile submarine was removed from command last week, the U.S. Navy announced, US Naval Institute news reports....
China hosts Western Pacific Naval Symposium Workshop 2024
On 16 January the Western Pacific Naval Symposium (WPNS) Workshop 2024 commenced in Nanjing which is hosted by the Chinese PLA Navy (PLA-N) and...
What navies are learning in the Red Sea
Thirteen years ago, the current head of the Navy’s surface fleet was captaining the destroyer Carney. Even in 2010, airborne drones were a threat...
Franchetti concentrates on war fighting
In her first major speech as the chief of naval operations, Adm. Lisa Franchetti called for the Navy to get “more players on the...
New US naval reactors director
The US Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program, a joint Department of Navy and Department of Energy organisation responsible for all aspects of the US Navy’s...
Flying the red flag in the Pacific
Territorial tensions in the South China Sea, Taiwan Strait and East China Sea may occupy headlines, but China has maritime aspirations that extend well...
RFA Lyme Bay delivers aid for Gaza
On 2 January the The UK MOD report that Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) Lyme Bay delivered more than 300 pallets of UK aid as...
What will Franchetti mean for US Navy
Adm. Lisa Franchetti was confirmed in November as the Navy’s next chief of naval operations following a months-long congressional blockade that kept the service’s...
Navy officer is new Chinese Foreign Minister
For the first time, China has appointed a naval officer as the Minister of National Defense, state-controlled media reported on Friday, US Navy Institute...
Reining in the defence bureaucracy
By Rowan Moffitt and Jon Stanford*
After 40 years of reform experimentation that has seriously weakened the Australian Defence Force, it’s time for the government...