Opera House celebration of 125 years of Australia’s navy
Light show – LSIS Lauren Pugsley – viewed on Saturday night 21st March 2026
Author: Doug Stevens
Doug aggregates Australian Navy related news for the Naval Officers Association of Australia.
Exercise Kakadu 2026
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Refuelling at sea refresher
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Exercise Kakadu commences
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Japanese defence minister expected to finalise Mogami deal by end of March
DEFENCE CONNECT : Stephen Kuper 9th March 2026 Japan’s new defence minister, Shinjiro Koizumi, is expected to visit Australia later this month to formally sign off on the multibillion-dollar contract […]
Australia protests ‘unsafe’ encounter with Chinese helicopter
Australia protests ‘unsafe’ encounter with Chinese helicopter : written by Robert Dougherty DEFENCE CONNECT | March 9, 2026 The Australian government has protested an “unsafe and unprofessional interaction” involving a Chinese […]
Training for drone attacks at sea
Navy Leaders : Royal Navy Destroyer Spends Three Days At Sea Fighting Off Drones : 3rd March 2026 Royal Navy Type 45 destroyer HMS Duncan fought off successive drone attacks for […]
Royal Australian Navy fleet review – 21 March 2026
The Royal Australian Navy will conduct its Exercise Kakadu Fleet Review on Sydney Harbour on 21 March. The Fleet Review will see the largest gathering of warships on Sydney […]
IRIS Dena sunk by unnamed US submarine
US Department of War : An unnamed U.S. Navy submarine has sunk the Iranian warship IRIS Dena with a torpedo in international waters off the southern coast of Sri Lanka […]
The Royal Australian Navy – 125 years
narrated by Commander Russell Crowe RAN