Less than one year after beginning fabrication of Spearhead (Joint High Speed Vessel 1), Austal has commenced construction on Vigilant (JHSV 2).

The DMO has selected DMS Maritime Pty Ltd as the preferred tenderer for the provision of the Pacific Patrol Boat Support and Third Refit services.

Information from the Landing Platform Amphibious Sea-Worthiness Board has resulted in an 'operational pause' for the RAN's HMA Ships Manoora and Kanimbla.

Implementation of the RAN’s Maritime Tactical Wide Area Network (MTWAN) is now well underway, providing packet-based communications switching for all security levels within a ship and moving the navy closer to achieving its network centric warfare ambitions.

Lockheed Martin Mission Systems & Sensors has been awarded a contract for post-Critical Design Review Aegis Combat Systems Engineering.

DMS Maritime Pty Limited has been awarded the Commonwealth's Fleet Marine Services Contract, worth over $500 million, for the Royal Australian Navy.

The Australian and Singaporean Navies have concluded Exercise SINGAROO 10, an annual maritime activity that cultivates bilateral ties between the two nations.

Austal has confirmed its participation in the forthcoming Ausmarine 2010 exhibition, to be held in Perth on 23-25 November.

The US Army and Navy have authenticated the keel for the first US Army Vessel (USAV) Spearhead (JHSV 1) at the Austal USA shipyard in Mobile, symbolically recognizing the beginning of ship construction.

With an Australian-based submarine rescue system now operational for the first time in nearly four years, attention is turning both to the recommissioning of the RAN’s trouble-prone Remora rescue vehicle, and to its eventual replacement.

As announced in the August edition of ADM, the Federal Government has named the industry teams that will be invited to tender for long-term contracts for the repair and maintenance of Navy’s major fleet units.

The RAN is about to embark on a new course in Mine Warfare. Sea 1778 will acquire a Mine Counter Measures (MCM) capability which will eventually replace that of the Huon-class mine hunters; many of Australia’s allies are exploring similar approaches, but it’s not without risk.

Austal has submitted its best and final offer to the US Navy for a 10-vessel Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) contract.

Days after the Pentagon's top weapons tester decried reliability rates of the Virginia class attack submarine, the program office said this depiction was "inaccurate".

Austal USA has hosted a keel-laying ceremony at its shipyard in Mobile, Alabama to signify the erection of the first modules on the Joint High Speed Vessel.

Apart from the broad detail provided in the 2009 White Paper, there has been little said (on the record) about what the Future Submarine will look like, nor much guidance on what the acquisition model will be.