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.
While Austal rejected the initial offer from Hanwha due to regulatory concerns, it left the door open to future “engagement” with the conglomerate.
The deployment to Réunion is a first for Australia and complements Franco-Australian cooperating in the South Pacific.
