80th anniversary of St Nazaire
Sailors and Royal Marines paid their respects to the ultimate commando raid in Falmouth – 80 years after the attackers sailed from the Cornish...
Remembering the Falklands
Forty years to the day hospital ship Uganda left Gibraltar for the Falklands a memorial honouring those who made it possible was unveiled.
The Naval...
Second Japanese carrier’s F-35B conversion
DDH "Kaga" is being modified in order to operate the F-35B fighter. The battleship Yamato (once the pride of the Imperial Japanese Navy) was built...
US Navy’s duty to Congress
By Matthew Hipple and Michael DeBoer*
The military has two masters – the executive, who directs and operates, and the legislature, who regulates and budgets....
Two more Evolved-class patrol boats for Navy
Prime Minister Scott Morrison today announced the Department of Defence will order an additional two Evolved Cape-class Patrol Boats (ECCPB’s) for the Royal Australian Navy,...
Backlog in US weapons to Taiwan
Pandemic-related acquisition issues have sparked a backlog in the U.S. delivering $14.2 billion worth of military equipment to Taiwan that the island has purchased...
Compo talks with French drag on
The Defence Minister Peter Dutton has conceded compensation negotiations with a French company over the dumped future submarine project are likely to drag well...
Anger after Defence buys ship off-shore
Defence officials have quietly travelled to the Canary Islands and bought a five-year-old ship for Pacific Ocean operations, angering the local industry which was expecting the ship...
Indian-Australian naval talks
The fourteenth IN-RAN Navy to Navy Staff Talks were held from 11-13 April in New Delhi. The meeting was co-chaired by Rear Admiral Chris...
Purple Pony back in the water
HMAS Toowoomba, nicknamed the 'Purple Pony', was returned to the water at Henderson, Western Australia, on April 12 after an 18-month maintenance period.
Toowomba is...