Australian shipbuilder Austal launched the tenth Cape-class patrol boat for the Royal Australian Navy at its Henderson, Western Australia, shipyard on February 14. Future Australian Defence Vessel (ADV) Cape Inscription is the the second of two follow-on Cape-class boats that will be operated by the
A patrol boat that served in the Royal Australian Navy was already 30 years when it started service in 1942. Over a century later, the boat is still sailing. Former HMAS Riawe was built in 1912 by well-known Tasmanian shipwright EA ‘Ned’ Jack, at his boatyard on the Tamar River near Launceston, as a
Royal Australian Navy landing helicopter dock HMAS Canberra loaded Project Land 400 contenders for a round of trials late last year. The Land 400 project will acquire and support the next generation of armored fighting vehicles which will be required to perform up to seven different combat roles, co
The crew of Royal Australian Navy’s Armidale-class patrol boat made history on February 2 after intercepting a smuggling boat with approximately 1422 kilograms (1.4 tonnes) on board. According to the Australian Department of Immigration and Border Protection, this is the largest cocaine interception
During her port call in Adelaide, Italian FREMM frigate ITS Carabiniere welcomed the Australian minister for defense Christopher Pyne on board on February 5. Pyne toured the Italian frigate ITS Carabiniere as it visited South Australia on a four-month deployment to the Asia-Pacific to support naval
Navy ships from Australia, Great Britain, France and the U.S. concluded their participation in the multi-national exercise Unified Trident that was held in the Persian Gulf. More than 15 ships, plus numerous aircraft from the four navies completed many different evolutions from January 31 to Februar
Thales Australia has been awarded a contract for in service support of Royal Australian Navy’s Armidale-class patrol boats. The contract is potentially worth over AU$55 million per annum and will start on July 1, 2017. The five-year contract contains possible rolling-wave term extensions out to at l
Ultra Electronics Avalon Systems will receive $1.7 million of Australian government funding to develop and demonstrate new ship-defense technologies, Australian minister for defense industry Christopher Pyne announced on Thursday. Minister Pyne said this innovation project would develop techniques t
The Royal Australian Navy honored HMAS Darwin as its most senior commissioned ship with a newly created perpetual trophy dubbed the ‘First Lady of the Fleet’. The idea for the trophy was developed by Fleet Command Warrant Officer Stephen Downey. He said with new ships coming online, the award recogn
Royal Australian Navy’s future air warfare destroyer (AWD) Hobart departed the wharf at Techport Australia Monday morning to begin a second round of more advanced sea trials off the coast of South Australia. Known as ‘sea acceptance trials’ they follow the completion of ‘builder sea trials’ in Septe
Australia’s new Brisbane Navy base, HMAS Moreton, recently became home for a 60 strong army platoon taking part in a three-week small-craft operations course. Situated on the Brisbane River at Bulimba, the base welcomed 30 Army Assault Pioneer Platoon trainees and 30 support staff from 2nd Battalion
Italian Navy’s FREMM frigate ITS Carabiniere arrived in Western Australia on Wednesday with Italian defense industry representatives aboard. Carabiniere docked in Fremantle where Fincantieri representatives will meet with Australian naval shipbuilding companies and the local supply chain, who are vy
Royal Australian Navy’s hydrographic survey vessel HMAS Leeuwin set sail from Cairns early January to begin a transit to conduct military data gathering operations in the Bass Strait. A number of Australian Navy cadets and family members from the ship’s company joined the ship for the first day of t
Moraitime forces commanders of Australia and Japan met in the Australian city of Cowra in New South Wales to commemorate the lives lost in the ‘Cowra Breakout’ during the Second World War. Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, Admiral Yutaka Murakawa, was undertaking a counterpart visit to Australia, f
