More than two centuries ago, one of America’s founding fathers, Benjamin Franklin, famously said: ‘An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.’ At that time, he was talking about […]

The crew of a Royal Australian Navy (RAN) warship rescued six mariners from a 30- metre motor yacht north of Australia on Monday, March 6. A rigid inflatable boat (RIB) […]

It was “all hands on deck” today at HMAS Watson as CN hosted a joint celebration recognising the RAN’s 122nd birthday and RADM Guy Griffith’s 100th birthday. Retired senior officers, […]

The 2023 defence strategic review, which sets out how Australia can sustain its security and sovereignty, has been handed to the government. In terms of the concept of warning time […]

The Bradley’s Head Naval Memorial is the site of the HMAS Sydney I memorial mast, which commemorates the “Sydney-Emden” action. This was the first engagement at sea of a Royal […]

 Australia’s defence and technology industry will be tested like never before by the AUKUS partnership in managing the torrent of sensitive information flowing from partner countries and in defining the […]

16 FEBRUARY 2023 Today the Royal Australian Navy and Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) have strengthened the relationship between military and civilian maritime jurisdictions to support safety at sea and delivery of […]

The Royal Australian Navy air warfare destroyer HMAS Sydney became the first Hobartclass destroyer to strike a land target with a Harpoon surface-to-surface missile during Exercise Pacific Vanguard 22. (Photo: Australian Department […]

 For the third time in less than a century, the US government has rapidly awakened to Australia’s strategic importance. On this occasion, it’s focused on the significance of Australia’s northern […]