A new Guardian-class Patrol Boat has been handed over to the Republic of Palau.

Dutch company Fugro has been selected to chart the waters of South Australia’s Gulf St Vincent and Investigator Strait as part of the Australian Government’s HydroScheme Industry Partnership Program.

Australia’s Arafura Class Offshore Patrol Vessels program marked an important milestone with a keel-laying ceremony for the third ship in the fleet (Pilbara) – and the first to be built in Western Australia - last week.

Work on the Hunter Class Frigate Program is progressing, as the prototyping phase of the program approaches.

Beca Applied Technologies and Vard Marine have been appointed by the NZ Ministry of Defence as the Technical Support Partner to the Southern Ocean Patrol Vessel (SOPV) project.

NUSHIP Supply, the lead ship for the RAN's Supply class Auxiliary Oiler Replenishment (AOR) ships has sailed from Navantia’s Ferrol shipyard in Spain for Australia.

HMAS Toowoomba has arrived at BAE Systems Australia's Henderson facility as part of the fleet upgrade that will keep the ships in service until they are replaced by the Hunter class frigates.

The Hobart Class destroyers are set to undergo an Aegis combat system upgrade, although the government has said work will not start until 2024.

CCTV has been installed on the first LHD Landing Craft (LLC).

Naval Group Australia will open a new $25 million office in Port Adelaide as it gears up for the move to the Attack class submarine construction yard.

Four RAN warships and more than 700 Defence personnel have completed Exercise Rim of the Pacific 2020 (RIMPAC), the world’s largest multinational maritime exercise.

BAE Systems Australia has secured a three-year, $10 million contract to support the Australian Hydrographic Office so that it can produce and maintain nautical charts, publications and hydrographic data to support mariners and the ADF.

A new Naval Architecture program has been created at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) Canberra.

NUSHIP Supply, the lead ship for the RAN's new Supply class Auxiliary Oiler Replenishment ships, successfully completed its Sea Acceptance Trials in Ferrol, Spain last week.

Sikorsky Australia has been selected by the US Navy to deliver sustainment support for the RAN’s new fleet of maritime combat helicopters.

The government has announced that it will acquire an Australian made 12.5 metre regional support craft to boost border protection in Far North Queensland.