India launches ASW Corvette
On 13 June the third of an expected eventual class of sixteen anti-submarine corvettes, the Anjadip, was launched at the Garden Reach Shipbuilders and...
HMAS Launceston decommissioned
Ship’s company, VIPs and onlookers said farewell to 15-year-old HMAS Launceston, as the vessel was decommissioned at HMAS Coonwarra in Darwin on June 1.
Launceston...
Navy rescues injured mariner
HMAS Sydney personnel have conducted a medical evacuation of a civilian mariner from an oil tanker, hundreds of nautical miles off the West Australian...
UK Defence procurement under fire
Two leading industry officials today accused the UK’s defense procurement arm of not implementing internal deadlines when executing lucrative contracts and bemoaned a lack...
Two-year Virginia-class building delay
Independent government auditors have found the Navy’s Virginia-class fast attack submarine program is continuing to “degrade,” and that problems with “staffing and work efficiency...
CN: not business as usual
It's been a demanding first 11 months in the top office of the Royal Australian Navy but Vice-Admiral Mark Hammond is excited for what's...
Much more detail on submarine deal
The Royal Australian Navy’s senior commanders have revealed the hard details of Australia’s trilateral AUKUS nuclear submarine acquisition deal with the United States and...
AUKUS: 3 partners, 2 pillars, 1 problem
By Alexandra Caples, Jamie Gaida and Danielle Cave*
Much of the AUKUS discussion to date has focused on Pillar 1, the trilateral effort to support Australia...
Virginia class: fissile or fizzer
Former submariner and former SA Senator Rex Patrick, writing on the Michael West Media website looks under the hood of the second-hand Virginia-class...
Unsustainable for ADF to defend and disaster assist
It is “unsustainable” for the Australian defence force to continue to both help with natural disasters and defend Australia, a parliamentary inquiry has heard,...