
Shipbuilder Luerssen Australia has held a keel-laying ceremony for the Royal Australian Navy’s fifth Arafura-class offshore patrol vessel (OPV).

The US Navy has awarded a contract to Sikorsky, Lockheed Martin’s company, to produce additional 12 MH-60R Seahawk helicopters for the Royal Australian Navy (RAN).

The expected time frame for the first of the Australian Navy’s Hunter-class frigates is 2031, acting Prime Minister and defence minister Richard Marles revealed.

On the first anniversary of the AUKUS pact, acting Prime Minister and defence minister Richard Marles revealed that the country is on track to be able to make the announcement about the final design at the beginning of next year.

Tech company Northrop Grumman Corporation has unveiled Australia’s first MQ-4C Triton autonomous aircraft during a ceremony at its aircraft production site in California.

The Philippine Navy (PN) has welcomed the two brand-new, missile-capable Shaldag Mk. V fast attack interdiction craft-missile (FAIC-M) during the christening ceremony at the Commodore Divino Pier.

Royal Australian Navy crews will train on the newly commissioned HMS Anson and other Astute-Class submarines, the UK’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced.

Defence company Lockheed Martin has been awarded a firm-fixed-price order for the production and delivery of 12 MH-60R aircraft for the Commonwealth of Australia.

Australia’s defence shipbuilding program continues to make progress at the Osborne Naval Shipyard in South Australia with the completion of the first steel block of the Hunter-class frigates.

Royal Australian Navy’s landing helicopter dock HMAS Canberra is heading back to her home port in Sydney after almost three months at sea on a regional presence deployment through the Pacific.

Luerssen Australia, a subsidiary of Naval Vessels Lürssen (NVL Group), has started construction of the Royal Australian Navy’s sixth Arafura-class offshore patrol vessel (OPV).

Austal Australia has delivered the second of eight Evolved Cape-class Patrol Boats (ECCPB’s) to the Royal Australian Navy.

Royal Australian Navy’s lead Canberra-class landing helicopter dock HMAS Canberra has sailed the waters around Hawaii conducting docking operations with US Marine Corps’ (USMC) MV-22B Osprey aircraft.

Defence company BAE Systems has revealed that the Royal Australian Navy’s first Hunter-class frigate prototyping block is coming together at Osborne Naval Shipyard.