Chinese-built airport near Manus naval base
By Thomas Shugart
Judging by recent satellite imagery, it appears that significant progress is being made on an expansion and upgrade project at Momote Airport,...
Huge Chinese fishing fleet off Galapagos
By Melodie Ruwet
The Galapagos Marine Reserve (GMR) covers 133,000 square kilometres and was established in 1998 to protect the remarkable biodiversity of the Galapagos...
RN looking at early use of drones
Last week (Aug 2020), the Royal Navy carrier HMS Princes of Wales hosted the Future Maritime Aviation Force Accelerator Day, bringing together experts from...
HMAS Canberra helps in Pikelot rescue
HMAS Canberra and its embarked aviation assets assisted in locating the three-person crew of a skiff that had been missing for nearly three days...
India’s naval message to China
If anyone was wondering why the Indian Navy has deployed almost its entire fleet of ships and submarines into the Indian Ocean region, one...
Labor limited defence policy debate to procurement
By Katherine Manstead*
In a major address at the National Press Club on Tuesday, shadow defence minister Richard Marles doubled down on the Australian Labor...
US forces in integrated training off Japan
The Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group is conducting drills off the coast of Northern Japan with land-based Navy and Air Force units last week...
South China Sea explainer
An excellent "explainer" summary of what is happening in the South China and its importance to Australia has been written by The Sydney Morning...
New research on RAN’s role in Asia
The Sea Power Centre Australia and Macquarie University have collaborated in a research project on the way Australia conducts its naval diplomacy and joint...
NUSHIP Supply getting ready for commissioning
The next next major fleet unit to be commissioned into the RAN, NUSHIP Supply (II), has undertaken Sea Acceptance Trials in Spain. It is the lead...