Australia’s naval surface combatant fleet is in trouble. The eight Anzac frigates are worn out after three decades of Middle Eastern adventures and hard to crew. The Anzac’s replacements, the ...

Australia’s vulnerability to maritime trade disruption is well recognized. International shipping moves some 99 per cent of the nation’s traded goods by volume worth A$755 billion in 2021, and ...

The New Zealand and Australian navies signed "Plan Tasman" this month, formalizing a blueprint for integrating the two ...

The Royal Australian Navy (RAN) will receive 12 new Sikorsky MH-60R helicopters from mid-2025 to mid-2026, following a contract award from the US Navy (USN). Sikorsky parent Lockheed Martin confirmed ...

ADV Cape Spencer is the ninth Evolved Cape-class Patrol Boat, delivered to the Australian Department of Defence under Project SEA 1445-Phase 1. Credit: Austal. The Royal Australian Navy (RAN) has ...

Australian shipbuilding group Austal announced it has delivered the seventh of 10 Evolved Cape-class Patrol Boats (ECCPB’s) it is building under contract to the Royal Australian Navy. Officially ...

Austal Australia launched the first of six Evolved Cape-class Patrol Boats, to be constructed for the Royal Australian Navy at the company’s shipyard in Henderson, Western Australia. Austal was ...

Australia’s navy has bolstered its military prowess with a new flagship. But it’s not floating everyone’s boat: will it prove to be a buoyant investment or a floundering waste of money? Captain ...

An Australian naval officer recently became the first of his countryman to earn the U.S. Navy Submarine Warfare Device, often referred to as “dolphins.” The Australian lieutenant commander, identified ...