RAN Fleet Review 2024
King Charles III and Queen Camilla reviewed yesterday (22nd October 2024) those ships of the RAN Fleet which were not deployed as the final activity of their 2024 Australian Tour. […]
Category: News
RAN to be equipped with long-range missiles
$7 billion boost to nation’s air and missile defence capabilities: DEFENCE CONNECT 22 October 2024 Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence Industry, Richard Marles and Minister for Defence Industry […]
Admiral of the fleet of the Royal Australian Navy
King Charles III appointed with honorary ranks of RAN admiral, Australian Army field marshal and RAAF marshal: His Majesty King Charles III has been appointed the honorary ranks of Admiral […]
Civmec to potentially acquire Luerssen Australia
DEFENCE CONNECT: 16th October 2024 Civmec Limited and Naval Vessels Lürssen of Bremen, Germany, have entered into a non-binding heads of agreement, detailing the framework for the transfer of ownership […]
RAN sailors graduate from US Nuclear Power School
Australian Submarine Agency, 14 October 2024: In another significant milestone for the Australia, United Kingdom, United States (AUKUS)enhanced trilateral security partnership, the first seven Royal Australian Navy (RAN) enlisted sailors […]
550 new Defence homes near HMAS Stirling
DEFENCE CONNECT: Minister for Defence Personnel Matt Keogh has announced three contracts between Defence Housing Australia and Western Australian businesses to deliver 550 additional new homes for Defence personnel and […]
Forward Deployed Naval Forces Japan (FDNF-J)
USNI News: Last week aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN-73) departed its temporary home at Naval Base San Diego for workups before heading to take up station as the flagship […]
HMNZS Manawanui Sinking
HMNZS Manawanui Sinking: Hard Grounding, Fire, and a Broken Royal New Zealand Navy October 6, 2024 In a dramatic turn of events, HMNZS Manawanui, the Royal New Zealand Navy’s newly upgraded […]
The importance of high quality trade skills and quality assurance in submarine and ship building
USNI News 3rd October 2024: US Congress wants weld answers. The discovery of low-quality welds on submarines and aircraft carriers under construction at HII’s Newport News Shipbuilding has sparked a […]
USN SM-3 missiles in action
USNI News: 3rd October 2024. Tuesday’s Iranian ballistic missile attack appears to be the second publicly acknowledged use of the Standard Missile 3 in combat, USNI News understands. Almost 200 missiles were fired from Iran toward […]