Beefing up the Hunter class
BAE Systems recently unveiled a proposal to add additional VLS cells to the Hunter class frigates being built for the Royal Australian Navy, Naval...
New Chinese stealth technology
China's latest non-nuclear submarine, the Type-039C Yuan Class, features a distinctive angled sail. We can now be confident that this is part of a...
Submarine workforce recruitment drive
The US Navy has launched its third annual initiative aimed at recruiting thousands of workers from across the country into the submarine industrial base...
The AUKUS workforce challenge
By Michael Hickey and James Fitzgerald*
Australia hasn’t been truly sovereign in its own right since 1788. The head of state remains a foreign monarch....
Opportunities with new export rules
By Bec Shrimpton and George Henneke*
The Australian government’s proposed amendments to the Defence Trade Controls Act 2012 have provoked strong reactions, the Australian Strategic...
Australian Nuclear-Powered Submarines: Addressing the why?
In this episode of the #saltwaterstrategists, Goldrick Seminar series, we hear from Rear Admiral Matt Buckley, Head Nuclear-Powered Submarine Capability on Australian Nuclear-Powered Submarines:...
Second Arafura class OPV launched
The Arafura class offshore patrol vessel (OPV) NUSHIP Eyre has been launched at the Osborne Naval Shipyard in South Australia. Eyre is the second...
Heads of agreement for strategic shipbuilding agreement
On 23 November the Commonwealth of Australia has signed a Heads of Agreement (“HoA”) with Austal Limited to establish a Strategic Shipbuilding Agreement (“SSA”)....
Japan, Korea AUKUS role mooted
By Rena Sasaki*
In a report on the UK government’s Indo-Pacific policy, the House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee calls for the United Kingdom to...
ANI President’s 2023 Annual Report
Annual Report: Vice Admiral Peter Jones (rtd)
As this is my last report to you as President, I thought it may be useful to look...