Task Group 107, a People’s Liberation Army Navy task force currently transiting Australian waters has drawn significant attention, raising questions about its capabilities | Liep Gatwech

The US Defense Security Cooperation Agency has approved a possible sale of up to 150 Standard Missile 6 Block I Missiles to Japan for a total cost of US $900 million.

Defence has opted to replace Army’s fleet of sea boats through a Foreign Military Sales case with the United States Navy | Ben Felton

Babcock has been awarded a $30 million lift and hoists contract for the Royal Australian Navy’s first three Hunter class frigates.

Global firms are partnering with Australian based entities in a bid to position themselves for lucrative AUKUS submarine contracts, despite lagging law reforms needed to progress | Kate Banville

The new agreement paves the way for AUKUS Pillar One but will have a series of impacts on Australia and Australian industry | Ben Felton

The US Marine Corps will charter a 73 metre long Sea Transport Group-designed Stern Landing Vessel (SLV) from Sea Transport Group's sister company, Sealease, for a period of three years.

HMAS Sydney has successful fired a Standard Missile 6 off Hawaii inside the US Pacific Missile Range as part of Exercise Pacific Dragon - a multilateral ballistic missile defence exercise led by the US Navy.

HMAS Sydney fired a Naval Strike Missile for the first time on 18 July as part of Exercise Rim of the Pacific 2024. 

BAE Systems Australia officially started as the Capability Life Cycle Manager for the Hobart class Guided Missile Destroyers on 1 July | Ben Felton

The Royal Australian Navy’s new general purpose frigate program – Project Sea 3000 – is something of an oddity as it’s the government, not Defence or the RAN, that’s in the driving seat | Ben Felton

The number of operational SH-2G(I) Seasprite naval helicopters in the New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) has been reduced from eight to five, it has emerged | Tim Fish

Austal Australia has been awarded a $39 million contract by Defence to build two more Guardian class patrol boats. The new vessels will allow Defence to replace damaged patrol boats and provide a second vessel to Kiribati | Ben Felton

Steel was cut on the first of six Hunter class frigates, the future HMAS Hunter, by the Minister for Defence and Premier of South Australia during a ceremony on 21 June.

Birdon America has acquired Metal Shark Boats 32-acre shipyard in Bayou La Batre, Alabama.

The initial candidate is Jeremy Wojak, who arrived in France in November to begin a six-month internship at Exail’s facility in Brest | Nigel Pittaway