The government has awarded TAFE Queensland a $36 million contract to train the crews of the Guardian-class Patrol Boats, removing the contract from the Australian Maritime College (AMC) in Tasmania after three decades.

Secretary of Defence Mr Greg Moriarty, together with a large contingent of Defence senior leaders, have launched the Arafura Class Offshore Patrol Vessel (OPV) Enterprise and opened the OPV System Program Office at the Henderson maritime precinct.

Ray Fry Investments Pty Ltd, trading as Norship, have announced the signing of a conditional agreement for a sale of its shares to the Varley Group. Subject to the finalisation of the transaction, Varley will own Norship.

Birdon America Inc. has been awarded a US$17.8 million contract with the United States Navy. Under this contract, Birdon will provide Scrap Metal and Waste Removal Operations on the Navy Support Facility Diego Garcia, British Indian Ocean Territory.

Atlas Elektronik, a company of Thyssenkrupp Marine Systems, has been contracted by Lockheed Martin Australia (LMA) for the design of a new acoustic bow array for the Attack class submarines.

The management and operation of refuelling services at HMAS Coonawarra in Darwin were this month handed back to Navy personnel from contractors.

3D volumetric display technology developed by SA company Voxon Photonics has won new work with BAE Systems’ UK based submarine business and the Hunter Class frigate program.

BtB's "Indigo" boat will soon be operating unmanned while surveying and 3D mapping the ocean floor around Australia.

Ultra has announced a contract award to commence work on the Variable Depth Sonar system for the Canadian Surface Combatant program.

51 shipbuilding workers have all started in new highly-skilled roles after graduating from Australia’s first digital shipbuilding course.

The recently announced maritime guided missiles investment is actually part of Project Sea 1300 Phase 1 (Navy Guided Weapons), a ‘program of program’ of weapons, which gathers several previous projects together under its umbrella.

Defence has announced that it will invest up to $800 million to acquire new fleets of Australian-built amphibious vehicles and landing craft.

The US Naval Air Systems Command has awarded Asia Pacific Aerospace (APA) a five-year extension to its contract for T700-GE-401C engine services, which are fitted to the RAN's MH-60R Seahawks.

This week the government announced that it will invest $1 billion in outfitting the Navy with new missile capabilities to ‘project and maintain sea control’ as tensions over Taiwan heat up.

Defence has made a down-select decision for the new Mine Countermeasures and Survey Vessels and brought the program forward.

A demanding year for the naval domain has seen the conclusion of a three-decade RAN presence in the Middle East and planning underway for an increased focus on the Indo-Pacific and Australia’s immediate region.