DEFENCE CONNECT : Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister, Richard Marles will announce a multi-billion dollar investment into the consolidation and Western Australia infrastructure in support of AUKUS. Defence Connect can reveal that the Australian Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese alongside Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister, Richard Marles will announce […]
Defence Media – Ghost Shark A $1.7 billion contract with Anduril Australia has been announced, supplying the Royal Australian Navy with a fleet of Australian‑designed and built extra‑large autonomous undersea vehicles (AUVs) – known as the Ghost Shark. The cutting-edge platform is designed to conduct intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance and strike operations, stealthily and at long […]
ABC News : China’s People’s Liberation Army says it followed and warned Australian navy ship HMAS Brisbane and a Canadian ship as they sailed the Taiwan Strait. The PLA accused the Australian and Canadian vessels of provocation and “causing trouble” by sailing the waterway. HMAS Brisbane participated in freedom of navigation exercises with Canada, the […]
Defence Australia : Waves of Steel, Skies of Fire 🔥 During Exercise Alon 2025, Defence personnel joined forces with Armed Forces of the Philippines in the West Philippine Sea to conduct multi-domain maritime strike live fire serials. The serials brought together the Philippine Navy’s guided-missile frigate BRP Jose Rizal, the Royal Australian Navy Hobart-class guided-missile […]
Naval : 01 September 2025 – Australia has delivered a new landing craft vessel, VOEA Late, to Tonga during an official handover ceremony. The new landing craft Late was delivered to Tonga at a handover ceremony at Masefield Naval Base on 29 August 2025. The ceremony was attended by his royal highness Crown Prince Tupouto‘a ‘Ulukalala, […]
A sweeping project to replace Navy’s satellite communications got underway in August with the upgrade of HMAS Sydney’s SATCOM capability from the current Maritime Advanced SATCOM Terrestrial Infrastructure System (MASTIS) to the King Cobra system. The MASTIS system was the first of its kind when installed across the fleet in the early 2000s. The dual-band terminal could […]
Dear members, It is with great sadness that I advise the passing on 17 April of NOA member Commander Adrian Needham RAN Rtd. There will be a private cremation. Regards Simon Simon Cullen Rear Admiral RAN (Ret’d) President, Naval Officers Association of Australia Mobile: +61 401 641 312 Email: president@navalofficer.com.au
A fire that burned for 12 hours aboard the amphibious warship USS New Orleans (LPD-18) off Okinawa, Japan, was declared extinguished early Thursday morning local time, U.S. 7th Fleet announced. The 25,000-ton warship is now anchored near the White Beach Naval Facility on Okinawa, according to a statement from the Japan-based fleet. “The fire began […]
Defence Connect – Robert Dougherty 15th August 2025 : Military technology sales have spiked significantly since the renewal of fighting between Ukraine and Russia, and the forecast for the future is trending towards strong demand in international arms. Global gun stores are ramping into high gear with the United States moving away from the “global […]
Helping to reinforce Philippines sovereignty.
