HMAS Gascoyne II makes final visit before decommissioning
DEFENCE CONNECT; 11th November 2024 : On 6th November, Royal Australian Navy Huon Class mine hunter vessel HMAS Gascoyne (II) has made its final entry into Sydney Harbour as it […]
Category: Ships
UK Fleet Solid Support ships complete preliminary design review
DEFENCE CONNECT: The UK Royal Fleet Auxiliary’s Fleet Solid Support (FSS) ships program has successfully completed the preliminary design review (PDR) in a major milestone. The PDR has been completed […]
US Navy looking for cheaper ways to shoot down enemy drones
DEFENSESCOOP.COM: Jon Harper The (U.S.) Defense Innovation Unit is soliciting industry for less expensive “kinetic” weapons that the Navy could use to shoot down enemy drones. The sea service has […]
Navy photographs of the 2024 Fleet Review
The full set of Navy photographs of the 2024 RAN Fleet Review by King Charles III can be sighted at <https://images.navy.gov.au/Home/Search?Type=Full>. Paste this link into your browser and it will […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]