Category: RAN

HMAS Sydney fires SM-6 missile at RIMPAC 2024

HMAS Sydney represented Australia at this year’s RIMPAC international exercises around Hawaii.  As reported by Navy News, twenty-nine nations, forty surface ships, three submarines, fourteen national land forces, more than 150 aircraft and 25,000 personnel participated in the exercise which concluded on 1st August. During these exercises Sydney successfully fired a naval strike missile (NSM), […]

Autonomous Underwater Vehicle production for the RAN

IndoPacific International Maritime Exhibition: The Australian Government is accelerating production of the Ghost Shark program as part of a commitment to provide the Australian Defence Force (ADF) with the cutting-edge capabilities it needs to safeguard Australians and their interests. The Royal Australian Navy, Defence Science and Technology Group (DSTG) and Anduril Australia have co-designed the […]

ADF Employment – An Essay

Commodore Jim Dickson RAN Ret’d has spent some of his COVID lockdown time considering certain aspects of the ADF’s employment as we move into the uncertain territory of future warfare, self-defence and civil support.  The Paper can be accessed by clicking on this link.   Comments on the paper can be contributed by going to the […]

LHD Through Life Support Facility FBE

Opening of the Captain John Robertson DSC RAN Building at Fleet Base East Garden Island This building is the ‘LHD Through Life Support Facility’. It emulates the systems in these impressive new ships and manages all LHD logistics etc. Read CDRE Brian Robertson’s speech here Naming Ceremony speech Read CAPT John Robertson DSC RAN bio […]

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