New General Purpose Frigate Decision
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 […]
Category: Ships
Mogami IP
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 […]
General Purpose Frigate decision imminent
The Australian : The Albanese government is poised to select its preferred design for the Navy’s new $10bn general purpose frigates in what will be its most consequential Defence procurement […]
Exercise Talisman Sabre – HMS Prince of Wales
Defence Australia : HMS Prince of Wales docks in Darwin. The Royal Navy’s aircraft carrier, HMS Prince of Wales, arrived in Darwin, NT, as part of Exercise Talisman Sabre 2025. HMS […]
Exercise Talisman Sabre
U.S. Marine F-35s Operate from U.K. Aircraft Carrier in the Pacific: U.S. Marine Corps F-35B Lightning II fighters operated from the U.K. Royal Navy (RN) aircraft carrier HMS Prince of […]
Japan’s government pushes hard to woo Aussies with advanced frigate
Colin Clarke; Breaking Defense Indo Pacific 3rd July 2025: “We the Japanese government will guarantee that the whole project, and all the contracts will go smoothly so that there will not […]
Carrier Strike Group 25 sails towards Australia for the largest-ever Exercise Talisman Sabre
Carrier Strike Group 25 has departed Singapore and is heading south towards Australia as it continues its eight-month deployment. CSG25 will participate in the eleventh edition of the large-scale Australian-led […]
HMAS Arafura commissioned
HMAS Arafura has been welcomed into the Royal Australian Navy fleet at a commissioning ceremony in Western Australia this past weekend. HMAS Arafura is the first Arafura class offshore patrol vessel […]
Civmec acquires Luerssen Australia
Australian engineering company, Civmec, is to acquire shipbuilder Luerssen Australia from Naval Vessels Luerssen (NVL) for A$20 million. The parties are working towards a target completion date of 1 July 2025. […]
Warship camouflage – HMS Spey
HMS Spey - camouflaged with the latest RN colour scheme and the most recent RN ship to conduct a transit of the Taiwan Strait