Austal wins contract to build US cutters
Austal USA has been awarded a contract with a potential value of US$3.3 billion (A$4.35 billion) for the detail design and construction of up...
N-sub program could run till 2060s
By Marcus Hellyer and Andrew Nicholls*
In our most recent article, we argued that the Australian government should widen the aperture of the lens through which...
US to remain engaged in Mid-East
By Jeffrey Payne*
Despite rumors to the contrary, the United States is not interested in disengaging from the Middle East. The Indo-Pacific is the new focal...
Russian missile hits ‘ecological bomb’
A Russian missile has hit a tanker that has been drifting in the Black Sea for over four months and had been carrying diesel,...
Plugging the n-sub gap
Defence Minister Richard Marles has not ruled out buying ready-made nuclear submarines to plug the gap in Australia’s defence capabilities, as he sought to...
Why Russia leases n-sub to India
By Peter Suciu*
Since achieving independence from the UK after the Second World War, India operated a number of “hand-me-down” warships, notably aircraft carriers. Those included...
IAEA wants more work on n-subs
The head of the United Nations nuclear watchdog has warned there is a lot of technical work to be done before Australia's AUKUS submarine...
Sails added to bulk tanker
A newcastlemax bulk carrier belonging to Singapore-based Berge Bulk will be fitted with four WindWings sails in the second quarter of 2023, gCaptain reports.
The...
RIMPAC exercise kicks off
Twenty-six nations, 38 surface ships, four submarines, nine national land forces, more than 30 unmanned systems, approximately 170 aircraft and more than 25,000 personnel...
US Navy’s climate strategy tested
The US Navy conducted a war game Wednesday to assess how amphibious exercises in the Western Pacific will navigate the consequences of climate change,...