The module constructions problems disclosed last year were the tip of a significant iceberg for the Air Warfare Destroyer program. The project is now 12 months behind schedule with the potential for further delays if other problems emerge.

The module constructions problems disclosed late last year were the tip of a significant iceberg for the Air Warfare Destroyer program. The project is now 12 months behind schedule with the potential for further delays if other problems emerge.

The Government announced on April 6 that Australia had been successful in its bid to acquire the UK's Bay Class amphibious ship Largs Bay at a cost of GBP65 million.

HMAS Tobruk will be docked in Sydney from this week for previously announced required maintenance, which is expected to take around two months.

Potential buyers of the HMS Ark Royal will get their first chance to look at the Royal Navy's former flagship.

This ASPI Policy Analysis notes that the future submarine project will almost certainly be the largest Australian defence project ever.

Thirty-eight Australian soldiers, sailors and airmen have embarked on a 16-week humanitarian aid mission, sponsored by the Commander US Pacific Fleet.

Australia has been successful in its bid to acquire the UK's Bay Class amphibious ship Largs Bay.

A review is underway to develop a plan to reform the management and repair practices that led to the early decommissioning of HMAS Manoora and the extended unavailability of HMAS Kanimbla.

While there may be no shortage of equipment vendors, ADM suspect there will be few prime contenders for Phase 4 of Sea 1442 which aims to modernise the communications capability of the RAN’s eight Anzac class frigates.

The hull of the first of the RAN’s two 27,800 tonne Canberra-class LHDs has been launched and the keel of the second is now on the slipway in Spain, but what may be the program’s greatest single challenge has yet to be faced.

Fingers crossed - by the time this edition of ADM is published, the Anzac frigate Anti-Ship Missile Defence (ASMD) program may be close to achieving long-anticipated success.

UK company Babcock International Group has been expanding its footprint in both Australia and NZ over the last few years, moving from a company purely with naval marine interests to aspirations in other Defence domains.

In his recent paper for the Kokoda Foundation, Professor Ross Babbage caused a minor stir by suggesting that Australia should seriously look at getting some USN Virginia class submarines instead of building our own.

A decade after they entered service with 6 Squadron, Royal New Zealand Air Force, the unit’s five Kaman SH-2G Seasprites have become renowned in several areas, including night operations and hours flown.

With first pass approval still at least four years away, the naval industry is cautious about the prospects for Sea 1180. The capability that Defence eventually buys may not be quite like the capability set out in the current DCP.