Participating ships of Exercise KAKADU 2022 sail in formation during the Photo Exercise off the coast of Darwin. Image: Royal Australian Navy More than 3,000 sailors and officers from 22 participating nations have completed the two-week Kakadu 2022 maritime exercise, the Royal Australian Navy announced Wednesday. This year’s multinational... Read more ..read more

An artist's impression of the Hunter-class frigate. Photo: Australian Government Department of Defence BAE Systems Australia has completed the first steel block prototype of a Hunter-class frigate for the Royal Australian Navy. The block, which equals the size of two average Australian houses (452 square meters/4,900 square... Read more ..read more

Australian Defence minister Peter Dutton announces $140 million AUD program to construct three "Extra Large Autonomous Undersea Vehicle" (XL-AUV) prototypes. The prototypes are planned to be completed within three years, with full production starting straight after. The autonomous submarines are planned to be multi-role, capable of seafloor mapping, surveillance, anti-submarine warfare, and mine-counter warfare among other things. Anduril, an American company, will work with small to... Read more ..read more

The federal government will spend $2 billion on highly advanced surface to air missiles for the Australian Navy to protect against anti-ship missile threats. Australia will spend $2 billion on a new advanced missile defence system. (IMAGE MDAA). The Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile uses advanced active radar to defeat anti-ship missiles. It has a range of over 50km and can be used on the Anzac Class frigates and Hobart Class destroyers. The funds will... Read more ..read more

https://www.facebook.com/RoyalAustralianNavy/posts/353103340190314 The acceptance of Defence's first evolved Cape-class patrol boat will strengthen Australia’s naval capability while providing greater reliability and effectiveness to the RAN’s patrol force to keep our borders safe. Defence Minister Peter Dutton said the acceptance of Cape Otway was a significant milestone in the overall contract, under which Austal Ships will deliver five more of... Read more ..read more

Australia and Naval Group ink agreement on Attack-class submarine program - Naval News Australia's Future Submarine Program has reached a major milestone with the conclusion of negotiations between the Department of Defence and Naval Group for the amendments to the Strategic Partnering Agreement. www.navalnews.com ..read more

In a major milestone for Australia’s largest surface shipbuilding program, BAE Systems Australia has announced the beginning of prototyping on the Royal Australian Navy’s multibillion-dollar Hunter Class frigate fleet. At the world-class Osborne shipyard in South Australia, Minister for Finance, senator Simon Birmingham... Read more ..read more

The Royal Australian Navy frigate HMAS Arunta has returned to her homeport of Fleet Base West in Rockingham, Western Australia, following a successful five-month regional deployment, most recently supporting Operation ARGOS. During her 164 days at sea, Arunta concluded three-months on a regional presence deployment as part of a five-ship Task Group in October, taking part in a series of... Read more ..read more

Brisbane, Australia, December 6, 2021 – Insitu Pacific has been awarded a three-year contract extension by the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) for the sustainment of its ScanEagle Remotely Piloted Aircraft System (RPAS). The extension allows the RAN to continue to experiment and develop knowledge using the ScanEagle Maritime Unmanned Aircraft System (MUAS), leveraging the foundation capability developed during embarked operations on HMAS Newcastle in the Gulf of Oman in 2017. “Insitu... Read more ..read more

"The start of construction of the navy’s $44 billion new fleet of frigates is poised to be pushed back for up to 18 months after the Morrison government agreed to delay the project because of issues with the design." "Work building the first frigate may not start in Adelaide until 2024, after senior ministers approved the delay last week. The move comes as the Auditor-General on Tuesday flagged a potential audit into the project this financial year." "The first of the nine frigates is... Read more ..read more