Babcock and the New Zealand Defence Force will conduct maintenance and upgrade works on two decommissioned Royal New Zealand Navy Inshore Patrol Vessels before they are sold to the Republic of Ireland.

Sentient Vision Systems has been selected for a Foreign Comparative Technology (FCT) test by the US Department of Defense to provide ViDAR Maritime systems for integration and evaluation for the US Marine Corps.

The government says it will invest up to $4.3 billion to deliver WA’s first large-vessel dry berth.

The Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) has received the first of two Guardian-class Patrol Boats, delivered through the Pacific Maritime Security Program, at a handover ceremony on 11 March in Henderson, Western Australia.

Under the contract, Navy has engaged Silentium Defence in a gated process to design, install and evaluate its MAVERICK passive radar across a range of maritime applications.

Fleet Base West will remain home to current and future (nuclear) submarines but the government has decided to establish a new Future Submarine Base on the east coast.

Following its official launch on Saturday, the second patrol vessel will receive finishing touches and undergo sea trials before being delivered to Navy later this year.

Saab Australia expects that the local design and manufacture of its combat management system Multi Function Consoles (MFC) will provide up to $25 million in revenue opportunities to its Australian SME partners and a pathway to global supply chains.

Questions about a major electrical power failure that stranded the LHD in Tonga after delivering humanitarian supplies were finally answered in Senate Estimates on 17 February – nearly three weeks later.

Engine problems together with a shortage of qualified clearance diving personnel were to blame for a decrease of 358 unit available days (UADs) in financial year 2021-22 for the RAN’s four Huon-class mine hunters coastal (MHC).

Babcock has been awarded a further seven and a half year Maritime Fleet Sustainment Service contract - Hāpai Taua Manuao - by the New Zealand Defence Force.

The PLAN task group encountered by the ADF in the Arafura Sea on February 17 was comprised of two ships. The first of these was a Type 052D guided missile destroyer, and the second a Type 071 Landing Platform Dock (LPD).

Speculation is again growing that Japan may plan to acquire nuclear powered submarines. The party room remains divided on the issue - at the core of this division is competing visions about the types of roles Japan’s navy will play in the future.

AirFab has been awarded a USD$2.46 million contract with the US Navy to deliver 22 specialised work stands that give technicians safe access to the Navy’s P-8A Poseidon Maritime Patrol aircraft.

Significant capability gains in areas such as sonar systems and undersea surveillance are being pursued under a new collaborative program involving Australian industry, researchers and Defence scientists.

The Hunter Class Frigate Program has successfully held a major engineering review, which defines how the Australian Combat System integrates into the Global Combat Ship reference ship design.