Defence is to sell off a good portion of its vast property estate, using proceeds to fund personnel and new capabilities. An audit of the vast defence property portfolio released on Wednesday concluded that the Defence estate was not fit for purpose. It said a focused program of estate consolidation and rationalisation could generate sales revenue of […]
Serco has secured the successful rebid and expansion of its contract to deliver maritime warfare training at HMAS Watson and HMAS Stirling. The program integrates advanced simulation technologies, synthetic warfare environments and AI supported scenario planning to prepare Navy personnel for the complex operational demands of modern maritime warfare. It draws on Serco’s specialist expertise […]
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 […]
Australian Submarine Agency (ASA) – 11th September 2024: The USS Hawaii (SSN 776), a Virginia class nuclear-powered submarine, departed HMAS Stirling after spending over 2 weeks in Australia for the Submarine Tendered Maintenance Period (STMP). Fair winds and following seas! During the STMP, Royal Australian Navy personnel directly participated alongside US Navy personnel in the […]
USS Emory S. Land arrived at HMAS Stirling in Rockingham on 16 August to execute several maintenance training activities with the Royal Australian Navy and to support the upcoming Submarine Tendered Maintenance Period (STMP). “The Emory S. Land will execute several maintenance training activities with the Royal Australian Navy and support the upcoming Submarine Tendered […]
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 […]
HMAS Nirimba – what’s in a name? by Ron Robb This article was first published in NOCN 82, 1 September 2010.) Originally parts of two land grants made in 1814 and 1816, to Major West and John Pye respectively, the site of Schofields Aerodrome, Quakers Hill, was acquired in 1941 as a satellite field […]
The rise and fall of the Royal Naval Engineering College by John Ellis The Royal Naval Engineering College complex (left) trained thousands of engineers. Historic Manadon House (right), purchased in 1938, became an extension of the college. Steam brought painful change to the training of Royal Navy officers. Finding a place for the engineers […]
HMAS Creswell and the RAN College, heritage jewel in the defence crown by Tom Lewis For 90 years the Royal Australian Naval College (RANC) has educated the RAN’s naval officers. In that time, it has built up a unique and precious collection of artefacts to complement the beautiful buildings set alongside Jervis Bay’s pristine waters. […]
