Australian discomfort about partnering with Britain is misplaced While there is no substitute for the US alliance, the visit by Britain’s foreign and defence secretaries, David Lammy and John Healey, for consultations with their Australian counterparts in Sydney today is a timely reminder that Australia has strategic partners beyond Washington. However, the muted handling […]
RFA Stirling Castle of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary has now become HMS Stirling Castle of the Royal Navy Earlier this week RFA Stirling Castle, which belonged to the Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA), became HMS Stirling Castle of the Royal Navy. This is not the first time this has happened in the two services’ history, but it’s […]
US, Australia and Japan sign trilateral naval logistics agreement “This arrangement strengthens those commitments and allows us to more easily share information, technologies and processes for greater logistics resiliency,” said US Vice Admiral Jeff Jablon. July 11, 2025 MELBOURNE — Australia, Japan and the United States today signed an agreement to further enhance logistics interoperability […]
Indian Navy’s last foreign-built warship joins the fleet Laid down in 2012, INS Tamal, commissioned on July 1, 2025, at the Yantar Shipyard in Kaliningrad, Russia, marks a historic milestone as the last foreign-built warship to join the Indian Navy. This event signifies the end of a two-decade era of major warship imports from Russia […]
US, Australia and Japan Sign Trilateral Naval Logistics Agreement The agreement is a first under the existing strategic dialogue framework. The trilateral naval logistics agreement was signed aboard the America-class amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA-6). The US Navy, Royal Australian Navy (RAN), and Japan Maritime Self Defense Force (JMSDF) have agreed to enhance their […]
Delays in Navy’s Next-gen Submarine Threaten US Seapower The Navy hopes its Next-Generation Attack Submarine, currently known as the SSN(X), will be a successful combination of stealth, operational life and autonomous technology — but that idea may not become reality anytime soon. A Wednesday report to Congress sent by the Congressional Research Service said the […]
U.S. Marine F-35s Operate from U.K. Aircraft Carrier in the Pacific: U.S. Marine Corps F-35B Lightning II fighters operated from the U.K. Royal Navy (RN) aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales (R09) on Tuesday as part of the run-up to the U.S.-Australian led Exercise Talisman Sabre, according to the Royal Navy. Photos released by the […]
Colin Clarke; Breaking Defense Indo Pacific 3rd July 2025: “We the Japanese government will guarantee that the whole project, and all the contracts will go smoothly so that there will not be any delay to the project,” Osamu Nishiwaki, a top official at Japan’s Acquisition, Technology and Logistics Agency (ATLA), told reporters. NAGASAKI — Japan isn’t […]
DEFENCE CONNECT: The Royal Australian Navy’s MH-60R Seahawk helicopter fleet has successfully surpassed 50,000 flight hours over the ten years since they were introduced into RAN service. Sikorsky Australia, a subsidiary of Lockheed Martin, provides deep maintenance of the helicopters on behalf of the RAN. It employs over 200 personnel at its sustainment and logistics […]
Carrier Strike Group 25 has departed Singapore and is heading south towards Australia as it continues its eight-month deployment. CSG25 will participate in the eleventh edition of the large-scale Australian-led multinational exercise called Exercise Talisman Sabre, which involves significant US forces. It comes after F-35B Lightning jets from 617 Squadron and 809 Naval Air Squadron […]
