It is the largest contract for an Australian vessel construction program ever awarded to Austal in the company’s 30 year history.

Fincantieri's FREMM frigate has seen out stiff competition for the multi-billion dollar US FFG(X) program.

Defence has sold former Adelaide-class frigates HMAS Melbourne and HMAS Newcastle to the Chilean Navy for a deal reportedly worth $110 million.

First of Class Flight Trials on HMAS Adelaide are providing the ship’s Aviation Support team with vital training and the RAN with increased operational capability.

Australia’s new icebreaker, the RSV Nuyina, has been delayed as a result of the novel coronavirus pandemic.

Defence has issued a request for information (RFI) to ‘gain an appreciation’ of Australian industry capabilities to design, manufacture and sustain military sea boats.

Luerssen Australia and ASC have laid the keel of the second Arafura Class Offshore Patrol Vessel (OPV) in Adelaide.

The $90 billion Naval Shipbuilding Enterprise could provide a jobs’ lifeline for hundreds of skilled workers impacted by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

An artificial intelligence (AI) project run by Defence personnel in search-and-rescue (SAR) trials has the potential to save lives.

The US Department of Defense has approved a contract for Lockheed Martin to support Australian and Danish MH-60R Seahawk helicopters.

Boomeranger Boats of Finland has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Birdon to collaborate on Rigid Hull Inflatable Boat capabilities in Australia.

In what may be a world first, competing Defence primes are collaborating to develop 
strategies to ensure Australia has the skilled workforce required to deliver the Attack-class 
Future Submarine and the Hunter-class Future Frigate programs.

Nearly 18 years after the Air Warfare Destroyer (AWD) program was first announced, 
Defence has taken delivery of the RAN’s third and final Hobart-class ship, the future HMAS Sydney, which will officially join the fleet after commissioning at Fleet Base East on 20 May.

While the Commonwealth’s requirements for a replacement armed reconnaissance helicopter (ARH) capability, to be acquired under Project Land 4503, have yet to be made public, maritime operations will no doubt form a key element.

There is a renewed air of confidence and sense of purpose in the Royal Australian Navy.

Sydney residents recently had their first glimpse of their city’s namesake ship with the arrival of NUSHIP Sydney at Garden Island.