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Australia Proceeds With Collins Life Extension, Drops Tomahawk And Optronic Mast
Australia approves next phase of Collins class life extension. Submarines will not receive Tomahawk or new optronic mast.
6 June 2024
Australia approves next phase of Collins class life extension. Submarines will not receive Tomahawk or new optronic mast.
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.
Australia’s Defence Minister Richard Marles simultaneously unveiled the first ever “National Defence Strategy 2024” & the “Integrated Investment Program 2024”…
Chess Dynamics will supply its SeaEagle FCEO surveillance systems for the first batch of the Royal Australian Navy’s Hunter class frigates.
Naval News analysis of the Australian surface fleet dilemma and the effort to modernise the RAN with the Tier-2 combatant.
South Australian company Airspeed has been awarded a contract to manufacture and supply Replenishment At Sea (RAS) Stump Masts for the first batch of three Hunter class frigates.
Australia has received and began training with it’s first “Smart Sea Mines” according to Air Vice Marshall Leon Phillips, head of GWEO
Austal Australia has been awarded a contract extension for the construction of two additional Evolved Cape-class Patrol Boats for the Royal Australian Navy.
Three Royal Australian Navy (RAN) officers began the U.S. Navy’s Submarine Officer Basic Course (SOBC), known commonly as “Submarine School,” where they will learn to tactically employ nuclear-powered submarines (SSNs).
Australia will slash the number of Hunter frigates being bought to free up funding for “Tier 2” small warships that will help double the fleets size.
