The Royal Australian Navy has commissioned the HMAS Arafura, the first vessel in the Arafura-class offshore patrol vessels (OPVs) into its surface fleet. This comes after the Australian Department of ...

No audio available for this content. Q-CTRL has completed a major field trial with Australian Defence on board the Royal Australian Navy’s Multi-role Aviation Training Vessel (MATV), the MV Sycamore.

The Royal Australian Navy submarine HMAS Sheean, a Collins-class boat, arrives in Hobart, Australia, on April 1, 2021. (Leo Baumgartner/Australian Defence Force via ...

Key Points and Summary - In early-2000s war games, Australia’s upgraded Collins-class submarines shocked observers by silently detecting and “sinking” U.S. Navy warships, including an aircraft carrier ...

Austal Limited (ASX:ASB) reports that Austal Ships Pty Ltd has been awarded a further contract extension for the construction ...

Royal Australian Navy destroyer HMAS Brisbane conducts Officer of the Watch Maneuvers with Philippine Navy ship BRP Jose Rizal during Exercise ALON 2025. Royal Australian Navy photo Australian, ...

Australia will spend $1.1 billion on building dozens of locally developed underwater attack drones, Defense Minister Richard Marles said on Wednesday. The first of the stealthy, long-range "Ghost ...

Richard Marles, Australia's Deputy Prime Minister, said that Mitsubishi Heavy Industries of Japan will be delivering Australia's new A$10 Billion ($6.5 Billion) navy frigate program. He said that the ...

A People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) task group operating in the Philippine Sea, Dec. 3, 2025. Satellite image ©2025 Vantor The Australian Defense Force is monitoring a four-ship People’s Liberation ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — Australia said Tuesday it accepted a Japanese company's bid for a lucrative and hotly contested contract to build Australian warships, expected to be worth 10 billion ...

Australian National University provides funding as a member of The Conversation AU. Defence Minister Richard Marles has announced that Japanese shipbuilder Mitsubishi Heavy Industries has been awarded ...