Video: Australian Landing Craft Program Progresses
The Australian Army’s program to acquire a fleet of medium and heavy landing craft has progressed with approval granted for the first phase of the program.
The Australian Army’s program to acquire a fleet of medium and heavy landing craft has progressed with approval granted for the first phase of the program.
The Chiefs of Navy for Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States have strengthened their naval ties today, during a visit to HMAS Stirling in Western Australia.
The Italian Navy’s Carrier Strike Group based on the Cavour aircraft carrier and Alpino FREMM frigate reached Australia for participating to Pitch Black 2024.
BAE Systems cut steel on the first of six Hunter-class frigates for the Royal Australian Navy.
HII and Babcock have formed a new joint venture – H&B Defence – to develop critical sovereign capability for the SSN-AUKUS submarine program.
The Royal Australian Navy’s (RAN’s) two-star capability head has made a robust defence of the ‘shrink-wrapped’ procurement strategy being pursued for the accelerated acquisition of 11 new Tier 2 general purpose frigates.
BMT announced the signing of a significant Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with DNV, the world’s leading classification society.
The collaborative Patrol Boat Autonomy Trial (PBAT) project has successfully completed Sea Acceptance Trials of the remote and autonomously operated vessel, Sentinel.

Australia’s Defence Minister Richard Marles simultaneously unveiled the first ever “National Defence Strategy 2024” & the “Integrated Investment Program 2024”…

Naval News analysis of the Australian surface fleet dilemma and the effort to modernise the RAN with the Tier-2 combatant.