AUKUS Forum via Linkedin: What we’ve failed to understand about the AUKUS nuclear submarine project: Peter Malinauskas is one of the foremost advocates of what he calls our “biggest industrial undertaking in the history of the Federation” – the AUKUS project – where he speaks with two voices, as South Australian premier and as a […]
IndoPacific International Maritime Exhibition: The Australian Government is accelerating production of the Ghost Shark program as part of a commitment to provide the Australian Defence Force (ADF) with the cutting-edge capabilities it needs to safeguard Australians and their interests. The Royal Australian Navy, Defence Science and Technology Group (DSTG) and Anduril Australia have co-designed the […]
DEFENCE CONNECT, Robert Dougherty, 01 August 2024 : Australian Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles has defended the alleged $4 billion price tag of each future Hunter Class frigate. The Minister for Defence, speaking during a press conference at RAAF Base Tindal in the Northern Territory, declared the ships as the “heart of Australia’s surface combatant […]
PressNewsAgency – July 26, 2024 PERTH, Australia — The Royal Australian Navy admiral in charge of readying military facilities for a key port call by nuclear-powered submarines, including the future SSN AUKUS boat, warned this week that Australia’s generational effort to buy and deploy nuclear powered submarines is “at risk” if the government does not […]
Australian Government Defence News & Events : One of Navy’s largest ships has docked at HMAS Coonawarra, Darwin, for the first time, following the completion of the new Kuru Wharf. The 230m-long landing helicopter dock (LHD), HMAS Adelaide, recently berthed at the new facility, which is part of a wider redevelopment of Navy’s Fleet Base North, Coonawarra. Commanding Officer Coonawarra […]
Press Release reported by DEFENCE CONNECT; West Australian-based shipbuilders Austal and Civmec have formally executed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to establish a joint venture and submit a proposal to the Commonwealth of Australia to support the LAND 8710 Phase 2 Landing Craft Heavy (LC-H) project. The LAND 8710 Phase 2 Landing Craft Heavy (LC-H) […]
DEFENCE CONNECT 16th July 2024 by Robert Dougherty Newly appointed Chief of the Defence Force Admiral David Johnston will champion recruitment, innovative technology and wellbeing as the first naval officer to lead the Australian Defence Force since 2002. Command of the ADF was officially transferred from former Chief of the Defence Force General Angus Campbell, […]
Australian Defence Magazine: HMAS Melville (A246) will be decommissioned on the 8th August after 24 years of service to the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). Melville and its sister ship HMAS Leeuwin (A245) were built in Cairns and commissioned into the RAN on 27th May 2000 as hydrographic survey ships. Their smaller counterparts, the four strong […]
As reported by the ABC this morning (22July2024), HMAS Sydney (DDG 42) has successfully fired the first RAN Naval Strike Missile (NSM) at the 2024 Rim of the Pacific exercise in Hawaii. The NSM missile was launched from one of a set of canisters mounted midships on Sydney’s superstructure. The NSM missile is intended to […]
