Maritime Australia has announced the establishment of a $10,000 scholarship award for young naval engineers.

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It's been a manic few days at Pacific 2015 International Maritime Expo in Sydney with plenty of annoucements, agreements, presentations and awards and both industry and government all putting on a great show.

Japan has adopted a new approach in their bid to build the replacement for the Royal Australian Navy’s Collins class submarine fleet under Project Sea 1000.

The commander of the US Pacific Fleet has delivered a thinly veiled warning to China against interfering with the freedom of navigation and over flight in the Asia-Pacific region.

Siemens Australia has signed a historic research agreement with DST Group and QUT to advance the use of High Temperature Superconductor (HTS) technologies in Australia.

Four Australian innovators have been presented with Maritime Industry Innovation Awards at Pacific 2015.

The Northrop Grumman AQS-24B mine hunting system has completed trials that demonstrated its synthetic aperture sonar can process full resolution minefield data at speeds of up to 18 knots.

DSME sealed a partnership with BAE Systems Australia, BMT Defence Services, L-3 Communications and Saab with an MoU signing ceremony at Pacific 2015 in Sydney.

TKMS Australia (TKMSA) has announced the name ‘Endeavour’ for its Sea 1000 Future Submarine Project.

Babcock International Group has signed an agreement with Australian Maritime College Search (AMCS) to jointly deliver specialist short courses in maritime studies.

Lockheed Martin Australia will open a submarine combat system laboratory at Mawson Lakes in Adelaide, to support Lockheed Martin’s target of providing the combat system for the SEA 1000 future submarine.

With all the ‘news’ around the Future Submarine program floating about online and in the media, I would like to provide a few key facts in the mix.

Drawing to a close on September 25, Exercise Northern Shield has tested the ADF’s short-notice security response arrangements.

Despite proposals to cut its defence budget by more than 6 per cent next year, the Indonesian Navy (TNI-AL) revealed to The Jakarta Post last week that it intended to purchase two Kilo class submarines from Russia to prop up its ageing submarine fleet.

Australian space scientists have raised nearly $80,000 through a crowdfunding website to complete a galaxy mapping project threatened by CSIRO budget cuts.