Australian Submarine Agency, 14 October 2024: In another significant milestone for the Australia, United Kingdom, United States (AUKUS)enhanced trilateral security partnership, the first seven Royal Australian Navy (RAN) enlisted sailors graduated from the United States Navy Nuclear Power School after a twelve month course. The seven sailors, alongside a third group of RAN officers who […]
DEFENCE CONNECT: Minister for Defence Personnel Matt Keogh has announced three contracts between Defence Housing Australia and Western Australian businesses to deliver 550 additional new homes for Defence personnel and their families. The new homes will be leased to Defence Housing Australia (DHA) and will provide accommodation in the coming years close to Fleet Base […]
USNI News: Last week aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN-73) departed its temporary home at Naval Base San Diego for workups before heading to take up station as the flagship for Forward Deployed Naval Forces Japan (FDNF-J). Since 1973, the U.S. has maintained a carrier strike group operating out of Yokosuka, Japan, as part of […]
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, […]
USNI News 3rd October 2024: US Congress wants weld answers. The discovery of low-quality welds on submarines and aircraft carriers under construction at HII’s Newport News Shipbuilding has sparked a congressional investigation by the House Armed Services Committee, following a Thursday report from USNI News. The call for an investigation follows a report to senior […]
USNI News: 3rd October 2024. Tuesday’s Iranian ballistic missile attack appears to be the second publicly acknowledged use of the Standard Missile 3 in combat, USNI News understands. Almost 200 missiles were fired from Iran toward Israel in retaliation for the targeted killing of Iranian-supported leaders of Hezbollah and Hamas. The SM-3s were used in coordination with the Israeli Arrow BMD (ballistic missile defence) […]
Based upon a DEFENCE CONNECT article by Robert Dougherty Australian Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles has applauded the addition of a “genuine strategic dimension” to relations following the first official visit by a Norwegian defence minister to Australia. Norwegian Defence Minister Bjørn Arild Gram made the historic visit on 5 September for the opening of […]
By NOA Newsletter editor; another step forward in equipping Darwin to be a fully functional forward operating base for all RAN and allied vessels. Australian Defence Department news: article by LCDR Jonathan White. With infinite care and precision under the scorching Darwin sun, a heavy crane lowered a missile canister into a forward vertical launch […]
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 […]
DEFENCE CONNECT – Stephen Kuper 25th September 2024 South Korean conglomerate Hanwha has reportedly withdrawn its billion dollar bid for Western Australian shipbuilder Austal in a surprise move. Defence Connect can tonight confirm that South Korean-based industry conglomerate has withdrawn its billion dollar bid for ASX-listed naval and commercial shipbuilder, Austal. This decision comes following […]
