Royal Australian Navy

Royal Australian Navy autonomous patrol boat completes acceptance trials

Sentinel, a remote and autonomously operated vessel of the Royal Australian Navy

Austal Australia has successfully completed sea acceptance trials, including endurance trials, of Sentinel, a remote and autonomously operated vessel of the Royal Australian Navy. The trials consisted of a series of remote and autonomous navigation events conducted off the Western Australian coastline during March and April 2024. Greenroom Robotics’ proprietary maritime autonomy software was used […]

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US firm unveils new AUV for Royal Australian Navy

The prototype Ghost Shark extra large autonomous underwater vehicle

US-based defence technology company Anduril Industries has completed construction of the first example of the Ghost Shark extra large autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) ordered by the Australian Department of Defence (DOD). The AUV is the first of three that will be built under an initial AU$140...

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Four-nation maritime cooperative activity concluded in Philippines’ EEZ waters

Naval vessels from the Philippines, the US, Australia, and Japan participate in a Multilateral Maritime Cooperative Activity in the Philippines' EEZ waters in the South China Sea, April 7, 2024.

The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), the US Indo-Pacific Command, the Australian Defence Force, and the Japan Self-Defence Forces successfully conducted a Multilateral Maritime Cooperative Activity (MMCA) in the waters west of the Philippines on Sunday, April 7, the AFP said in a statement....

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Two companies selected to build Australia’s first nuclear-powered submarines

The Australian government has selected UK defence firm BAE Systems and South Australia-based shipbuilder ASC for the construction of Australia’s new fleet of nuclear-powered submarines as part of the AUKUS trilateral security pact between the United States, the UK, and Australia. Under the AUKUS...

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Orders placed for two additional Evolved Cape-class patrol boats for Royal Australian Navy

Austal Australia has been awarded a contract extension for the construction of two additional Evolved Cape-class patrol boats for the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). The AU$157 million (US$103.4 million) contract covers the construction and delivery of the ninth and tenth boats in the Evolved...

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OPINION | How to stop any repeat of the Australia-China sonar incident

Soviet warships regularly sparred with Western navies during the Cold War years, conducting close-in ship-to-ship manoeuvres and pointing lasers against their foreign opponents at sea. China’s People’s Liberation Army Navy have gone one “better” – resorting to what Markus Garlauskas and Philip Yu, writing for the New Atlanticist, called “acoustic aggression” after last month directing […]

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COLUMN | Chinese paramilitary forces to the fore as Beijing ramps up territorial claims [Naval Gazing]

Although collisions, confrontations, and harassment in the South China Sea (SCS) often make the headlines these days, the reach and depth of China’s strategy of intrusive patrolling as Beijing seeks to establish a persistent and dominant presence in the sea are not widely understood. The People’s...

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Maritime Security Vessel News Roundup | November 23 – Philippine and Australian naval patrol vessels, a RIB workboat for a US law enforcement operator and a police boat for Samoa

The Philippine Navy, the Samoa Police Service, and a law enforcement agency in the US state of Pennsylvania take delivery of new vessels while a future Royal Australian Navy patrol ship is launched into the water for the first time. Philippine Navy acquires two additional fast attack craft The Philippine Navy has taken delivery of […]

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