Australia’s Collins-Class Comeback: Life Extension Buys a Decade vs China Australia is concerned that the world is becoming more and more militarily dangerous. China continues to flex its muscles and build more airplanes and warships that can intimidate Australia. Last May, a Chinese J-10 fighter jet fired flares at an Australian naval helicopter flying in […]
Mogami-class frigate selected for the Navy’s new general purpose frigates The Albanese Government is accelerating the delivery of a larger and more lethal surface combatant fleet with the selection of the upgraded Japanese Mogami-class frigate as the preferred platform for the Royal Australian Navy’s future fleet of general purpose frigates. Following a rigorous and competitive […]
Japan’s Mogami offer, including IP rights, could be model for Tokyo’s future exports By Colin Clark on July 14, 2025 Sharing MHI’s IP with Australia and other measures “goes to show how serious Japan are and how this is a whole of defense (industry & government) effort from Japan,” Peter Dean at the US Studies […]
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 […]
HMNZS Manawanui Sinking: Hard Grounding, Fire, and a Broken Royal New Zealand Navy October 6, 2024 In a dramatic turn of events, HMNZS Manawanui, the Royal New Zealand Navy’s newly upgraded hydrographic salvage and support ship, ran aground last night during a reef survey off the southern coast of Samoa. The vessel subsequently caught fire and sank, […]
