US to review AUKUS submarine deal
The United States has launched a snap review of the $368 billion AUKUS submarine deal, just before Prime Minister Anthony Albanese prepares for a...
PAC-3 missiles for RAN ships?
By Victor Abramowicz*The United States is moving to integrate its land-based PAC-3 surface-to-air missile on to warships. This effort presents an opportunity to enhance...
Trump drives big undersea and seabed changes
By April A. Herlevi*
The fate of the subsea environment and the seabed are on the brink of a fundamental shift. Driven by the Trump...
Time to reinvigorate failing Pillar II
By Peter J. Dean and Alice Nason*
Almost four years on from the launch of the trilateral AUKUS pact, the partners’ Pillar II advanced capabilities...
RNs remote bomb disposal unit
An underwater robot designed to tackle sabotage threats and deal with unexploded bombs is being tested by the Royal Navy.
The remotely operated vehicle (ROV)...
Chinese carrier strike group in W Pacific
Two Chinese aircraft carrier strike groups have simultaneously deployed to the Western Pacific – a first for the People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN), Japanese...
Russia’s scam to buy ship despite sanctions
Disguised as businessmen from Dubai, cronies of a Russian adventure company pursued a takeover of the 70-year-old Stålbas for expedition cruises to Novaya Zemlya...
Calls for money and capacity in UK
Two senior UK defence figures have called for more money and a build-up of defence industrial capacity in letters to UK newspapers.
Vice Admiral Sir...
Five aspects of the UK review
Shashank Joshi, defence editor at The Economist and a visiting senior fellow at the Department of War Studies, King’s College London, looks at five interesting...
US boosts remote maintenance
Five U.S. Navy ships now have working Augmented Reality Maintenance Systems that allow technicians to remotely troubleshoot problems from a sailor’s point of view,...