Month: May 2022

Vale – Rear Admiral Geoffrey Bayliss AM

Rear Admiral Geoffrey James Alexander Bayliss, AM, RAN Rtd RADM Geoffrey Bayliss was born in 1937 in the remote highlands of Burma and attended Brisbane Boys College. Following National Service as an infantry soldier in the Australian Army, he joined the RAN in Feb 1958 as an undergraduate medical officer at the University of Queensland. […]

RAN Joint Support Ships

During INDO PACIFIC 2022 several contenders emerged for the Royal Australian Navy’s requirement for new Joint Support Ships (JSS). Under project SEA2200, Australia will domestically build two multipurpose auxiliary vessels, able to perform both sealift and replenishment operations, to replace HMAS Choules. HMAS Choules at Fleet Base East in Sydney, the week of Indo Pacific […]

Indian Navy Project 75(I)

Immediate Need to  Decomplicate Acquisition of Six Submarines under Project 75(I) Program INS Kalvari – First of the indigernous build Type 75 Indian Navy’s 30-year-old plan to induct 24 submarines has faced enough hurdles and delays along its run-up so far. With the six submarines under Project 75 nearing completion, the follow-on contract for the […]

Raptor Assault Boats Destroyed

The Ministry of Defence of Ukraine hasreleased a dramatic video showing one of its TB2 unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) striking two assault boats of the Russian Navy. According to the Ukrainian MoD, the two vessels were Raptor-class assault boats. They were struck in the vicinity of the now famous “Snake Island” (Zmiinyi Island), located roughly […]

Collins Class Optronics Upgrade

Collins Class fleet to receive tech upgrade The submarines are set to be upgraded with an advanced optronics system under a new multi-million-dollar Commonwealth government investment.  Minister for Defence Peter Dutton has announced a $381 million commitment to upgrade the Royal Australian Navy’s Collins Class submarine fleet with an advanced optronics system, designed to improve […]

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