New command on course for HMAS Canberra – 5 May 2025 : For more than 20,700 nautical miles, one of the largest ships ever constructed for the Royal Australian Navy has been under the command of Captain Brendan O’Hara. Captain O’Hara spent his adult life serving Australia – the last two years spent commanding HMAS Canberra, […]
Damen LST100 design selected for Army’s heavy landing craft requirement : 22 November 2024 | Andrew McLaughlin Just in case NOA members missed the news back in November 2024, the Damen LST will displace nearly eight times that of the Balikpapan class LCHs it will replace. The Commonwealth has announced that a design by shipbuilder […]
JFD Australia is to provide its submarine rescue system to the Royal Australian Navy for another four years, by Aida Čučuk – source JFD JFD Australia, the provider of the submarine rescue system to the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) since 2009, will continue to deliver this capability for a further four years after finalising an […]
Defence News – Flight Lieutenant Vernon Pather – On Anzac Day this year, Able Seaman Rachel Brandt will have the perfect opportunity to pay respects to her great-great-uncle who fought and died in World War 1 – she will be parading at Gallipoli as part of Australia’s Federation Guard catafalque party on the 110th anniversary […]
Dear members, It is my sad duty to advise that Naval Officers Association member John Jeremy passed away on Good Friday, 18 April after a short battle with cancer. John spent his working life at Cockatoo Island, beginning in 1960 as an apprentice ship draughtsman and then qualifying as a naval architect at the University […]
DEFENCE CONNECT: Government commits $200m to expand Collins torpedo stocks – 21 March 2025 The government has announced a major enhancement to the Royal Australian Navy’s submarine capabilities, committing $200 million to acquire additional MK-48 heavyweight torpedoes from the United States. The acquisition will significantly strengthen both the defensive and offensive capabilities of Australia’s Collins […]
Department of Defence news : New lease of life for long-range submarine array – 18 March 2025 – Work is under way to overhaul a kilometres-wide and 300-metre-tall transmitter array in the remote West Australian town of Exmouth. The Naval Communication Station Harold E Holt is a US-Australian very-low-frequency transmitting station capable of sending messages to submarines […]
The AUSTRALIAN – Ben Packham : A $5bn plan to extend the lives of the navy’s Collins-class submarines is in disarray as the government-owned shipbuilder ASC warns it won’t be ready to fully upgrade the first boat, raising the prospect of a capability gap before arrival of the nation’s nuclear-powered subs. The Australian can reveal […]
DEFENCE CONNECT: Rheinmetall Defence Australia has kicked off local assembly of the first Multi Ammunition Softkill System (MASS) shipsets, destined for installation on Royal Australian Navy vessels. This off-board countermeasure system is engineered to defeat incoming missile and asymmetric threats by generating decoy targets, thereby misdirecting hostile projectiles away from high-value assets. [by Ed. this is the […]
