Legal issues with uncrewed vessels
By Simon McKenzie*
The Australian Navy is set to be transformed. On top of existing plans for nuclear submarines, the government yesterday announced a scheme...
Austal awarded contract for two more RAN patrol boats
Austal Australia has been awarded a contract extension for the construction of two additional Evolved Cape-class Patrol Boats for the RAN. The A$157 million...
Philippines Navy adjusting to ‘external defence’ posture
The Philippine News Agency reported on 23 February that Commodore Roy Vincent Trinidad, the Philippines Navy's spokesperson for the West Philippine Sea (WPS), stated...
MILAN 2024 under way
India’s MILAN 2024 Multilateral Naval Exercise is underway. Scheduled from 19-27 February it is being held in and off Visakhapatnam the aegis of Eastern...
ASPI urges US-China hotlines
Australia should encourage the United States and China to improve their crisis management, including through leader-level “hotlines”, and conduct its own exercises to better...
RSL welcomes Surface Fleet Review
The Returned & Services League of Australia (RSL) has welcomed the Federal Government’s announcement of February 20 to more than double the Navy’s combat...
Industry seeks clarity and consistency
"Australian industry welcomes the opportunity for greater industry and funding certainty provided by the Government's release of the independent Enhanced Lethality Surface Combatant Fleet...
Australian industry key to fleet enhancement
The Government’s blueprint for the Royal Australian Navy’s enhanced lethality surface combatant fleet will deliver direct investment to grow a capable, resilient and competitive...
Largest surface combat fleet since WWII
Enhanced Lethality Surface Combatant Fleet Review released
On 20 February the Commonwealth Government released the Enhanced Lethality Surface Combatant Fleet Review. The Government described it...
Albion vital to UK standing
A former Commander of the Falklands Task Group and the former Captain of HMS Fearless have urged the Government not to scrap the Albion...