Kongsberg Defence Australia Breaking News: The Albanese Government will contribute up to $850 million in partnership with Kongsberg Defence Australia to manufacture and service missiles at Williamtown near Newcastle. The project, which involves construction of a factory in the Newcastle Airport precinct, is expected to generate more than 500 jobs in the construction phase and […]
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), […]
DEFENCE CONNECT, Robert Dougherty, 01 August 2024 : Australian Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles has defended the alleged $4 billion price tag of each future Hunter Class frigate. The Minister for Defence, speaking during a press conference at RAAF Base Tindal in the Northern Territory, declared the ships as the “heart of Australia’s surface combatant […]
Australian Defence Magazine: HMAS Melville (A246) will be decommissioned on the 8th August after 24 years of service to the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). Melville and its sister ship HMAS Leeuwin (A245) were built in Cairns and commissioned into the RAN on 27th May 2000 as hydrographic survey ships. Their smaller counterparts, the four strong […]
The lost ships and men of the Navy By Tom Lewis An oft-repeated suggestion concerning Australia’s military history is that there is only one remaining warship not yet located of those sunk in World War II. But how true is that? Of course, most people assume that a lost vessel was lost in combat, with […]
German shipbuilder Luerssen says it can build small capable warships in Australia for the Royal Australian Navy within five years if the government decides to go down the corvette path. Luerssen is well established in Australia as builder of the Navy’s Arafura-class Offshore Patrol Vessels (OPVs). The company is proposing its C90 corvette for Australia, […]
Concept art of the forthcoming Hunter-class frigate. (ANAO) Australia’s national audit office has delivered a highly critical report on the decision to choose the Type 26 as Australia’s new warship, declaring the Australian Defence organisation did not conduct an effective process in choosing the design. Click on this link to see full ANAO report. Defense […]
A new naval combat concept demonstrated by the US shows that amphibious ships can be turned into small aircraft carriers, adding power and flexibility to the nation’s navy, say analysts, The “Lightning carrier concept” was demonstrated by the US Navy and Marine Corps in an exercise from March 30 to April 8 when 20 of […]
HII Set to Install First Hypersonic Missiles on USS Zumwalt, USS Michael Monsoor during Repair Period Lyndon B. Johnson (DDG-1002) at Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula, Miss., on Aug. 4, 2022 USNI News Photo A Mississippi shipyard is set to install the first long range hypersonic weapons on a U.S. warship in an upcoming repair period, […]
Photo: Royal Navy HMS Spey, a River class offshore patrol vessel, has departed to Australia, taking on supplies and fuel for the next leg of her Pacific patrol. The Royal Navy say here that the vessel used her time in Australia to work with the Royal Australian Navy and share training and experiences of being […]
