Saab Australia expects that the local design and manufacture of its combat management system Multi Function Consoles (MFC) will provide up to $25 million in revenue opportunities to its Australian SME partners and a pathway to global supply chains.

Questions about a major electrical power failure that stranded the LHD in Tonga after delivering humanitarian supplies were finally answered in Senate Estimates on 17 February – nearly three weeks later.

Engine problems together with a shortage of qualified clearance diving personnel were to blame for a decrease of 358 unit available days (UADs) in financial year 2021-22 for the RAN’s four Huon-class mine hunters coastal (MHC).

Babcock has been awarded a further seven and a half year Maritime Fleet Sustainment Service contract - Hāpai Taua Manuao - by the New Zealand Defence Force.

The PLAN task group encountered by the ADF in the Arafura Sea on February 17 was comprised of two ships. The first of these was a Type 052D guided missile destroyer, and the second a Type 071 Landing Platform Dock (LPD).

Speculation is again growing that Japan may plan to acquire nuclear powered submarines. The party room remains divided on the issue - at the core of this division is competing visions about the types of roles Japan’s navy will play in the future.

AirFab has been awarded a USD$2.46 million contract with the US Navy to deliver 22 specialised work stands that give technicians safe access to the Navy’s P-8A Poseidon Maritime Patrol aircraft.

Significant capability gains in areas such as sonar systems and undersea surveillance are being pursued under a new collaborative program involving Australian industry, researchers and Defence scientists.

The Hunter Class Frigate Program has successfully held a major engineering review, which defines how the Australian Combat System integrates into the Global Combat Ship reference ship design.

Publication of a leaked engineering report criticising the anticipated performance of the RAN’s future Hunter-class frigates has drawn swift rebuttals from the Defence Minister, Defence, and the Chief of Navy.

It appears that HMAS Adelaide and 600 crew will be spending an 8th day alongside in Tonga after being stranded by a major electrical power failure.

Under the Regulatory Technology round, Shoal, partnered with Trusted Autonomous Systems (TAS), will investigate smart solutions to the challenges faced by commercial and Defence users of autonomous vessels in Australia.

DMTC Limited is working with BAE Systems Maritime Australia, ANSTO and the University of Wollongong to develop advanced welding technologies for use on naval shipbuilding programs such as the Hunter Class Frigate Program.

BAE Systems Australia has been awarded a one year, $14 million contract extension that will see the company continue to support the Royal Australian Navy’s hydrographic fleet until the end of this year.

Team Norsta, an Australian owned and controlled joint venture team of Norship, Tropical Reef Shipyard, Nova Systems and Secora, has been announced as the new Regional Maintenance Provider North East.

The government has signed a $5.13 million contract with Deakin University to continue its development of an augmented and virtual naval firefighting system for the Australian Defence Force.