As of 8 February 2022, the Exchange of Naval Nuclear Propulsion Information Agreement (ENNPIA) signed by AUKUS partners Unites States, United Kingdom and Australia has entered into force.
The year-long System Definition Review (SDR), involving work by BAE Systems’ engineering teams in Australia and the UK, has established a new baseline design for the Royal Australian Navy’s (RAN) Hunter-class frigate program.
Marine services provider MMA Offshore has secured its third contract under the Hydroscheme Industry Partnership Program (HIPP) with the Australian Department of Defence.
Indonesia plans to build two frigates based on the Royal Navy’s Type 31 design (marked also as Arrowhead 140) at Indonesian shipyards.
Two nations have committed to building frigates based on the Type 26 design; Australia and Canada, according to Annabel Goldie, a Minister of State at the UK’s Ministry of Defence.
Royal Australian Navy (RAN) support ship HMAS Sirius was decommissioned in Perth’s Fleet Base West after 15 years of service.
Defense company Lockheed Martin Australia was awarded an AUD$33 million (around $23.6 million) design contract to support the upgrade of the Aegis combat system on the Royal Australian Navy’s (RAN) fleet of three Hobart-class destroyers.
Almost 300 Royal Australian Navy (RAN) members have completed officer training in 2021 – the largest cohort of new officers to graduate in a single year since the 1950’s.
Royal Australian Navy (RAN) vessels have finished nine days of maritime warfare training with four nations Canada, Germany, Japan and US during Annualex 2021.
Five international navies, including the Royal Australian Navy (RAN), Royal Canadian Navy (RCN), German Navy, Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF), and US Navy, will engage in various operations under Annualex 2021 drill.
UAE-based defense tech company Edge Group has signed a strategic agreement with Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) to jointly design unmanned surface vessels (USVs).
British arms, security, and aerospace company BAE Systems has unveiled that it is transferring more than two million digital artefacts and 90,000 documents from the UK’s Type 26 frigate program to Adelaide’s Osborne Naval Shipyard.
The Australian government has signed an exchange of naval nuclear propulsion information-sharing agreement with AUKUS partners, the United Kingdom and the United States.
The Pakistan Navy has held a keel laying ceremony for its fourth Milgem-class corvette at Karachi Shipyard & Engineering Works Limited (KS&EW).
