Tasman Sea – Chinese flotilla weapons firings
AUKUS Forum : Chinese navy’s live weapons exercise – a stunning surprise off the Australian coast. The Australian government has lodged a diplomatic protest with Beijing after commercial flights were […]
Category: Ships
Chinese warships off Sydney’s coast
DEFENCE CONNECT: Robert Dougherty – A People’s Liberation Army Navy task group is operating within 150 nautical miles (240 kilometers) of the coast of Sydney. Australian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister […]
HMNZS Te Kaha deploys to Middle East Combined Task Force 150
Royal New Zealand Navy frigate sails to disrupt terrorist, criminal, activities in Middle East • Published on 12/02/2025 : Royal New Zealand Navy press release Denying terrorist and criminal organisations […]
Young officers lead in Anti-Submarine Warfare
Newly qualified officers of the watch, Lieutenant Mollie Murton and Sub-Lieutenant James Lara, have achieved a significant career milestone by completing advanced Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) training with the United States […]
HMAS Hobart completes joint US, Japan, Philippine maritime cooperative activity
HMAS Hobart and a Royal Australian Air Force P-8A Poseidon have successfully completed a multilateral maritime cooperative activity (MCA) within the Philippines’ Exclusive Economic Zone. These Australian defence assets played […]
Nuship Arafura delivered to Defence
Australian Defence Magazine: Luerssen Australia has delivered the first Arafura class Offshore Patrol Vessel (OPV), NUSHIP Arafura, to Defence. NUSHIP Arafura was launched in December 2021 at the Osborne Naval […]
HMAS Hobart departs Darwin
Defence News: 20th January 2025 – HMAS Hobart joined Exercise La Perouse 25 yesterday, a French-led multilateral maritime training activity in the Indian Ocean, south of Indonesia. During […]
“Call home” from sea is now much better than it used to be!
Navy News – Stronger bonds create stronger connections: 25 December 2024 Growing up in a Navy family, Sub-Lieutenant Rhys De Serio knows how precious a call home can be. As a […]
Production contract awarded for SM-6 missiles
DEFENCE CONNECT: The US Navy has awarded Raytheon a US$333 million (AU$538.6 million) contract to produce Standard Missile-6 (SM-6) Block 1A missiles. Deployed on US Navy ships, the SM-6 provides […]
ADV Reliant visiting Kiribati, Tonga and Solomon Islands
ADF News: Australia’s Pacific Support Vessel, Australian Defence Vessel (ADV) Reliant, has departed Brisbane on its first deployment of 2025. Further enhancing Australia’s partnership with the Pacific, ADV Reliant and crew […]