Tag: RAN
RAN conducts successful NSM firing at RIMPAC
The Royal Australian Navy (RAN) has successfully test-fired a Naval Strike Missile (NSM) during the US Navy (USN)-hosted ‘RIMPAC’ exercise off Hawaii.
The NSM anti-ship...
Silent Running
The increased popularity among navies to own their own submarine fleets are driving new advances in submarine propulsion.
If the SEA 1000 submarine programme in...
USN submarine tender visit to RAN base demonstrates AUKUS implementation
The US submarine tender USS Emory S Land arrived in Darwin, northern Australia on 28 May for a port visit. The visit, hosted at...
BMT and DNV partner on CAIMEN capability to meet Australian Army amphibious requirements
BMT and DNV have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to accelerate development of BMT’s CAIMEN-Large landing craft to meet the Australian Army’s Landing...
Striking Back
Raytheon’s Tomahawk cruise missile Block development provides new challenges to Kongsberg’s increasingly popular Naval Strike Missile.
For a long time in the post-Cold War world,...
Back to the Future
Can Additive Manufacturing processes really deliver useful support to deployed naval vessels?
On 1 August 1785, Jean François de Galaup (comte de Lapérouse) set sail...
Deterrence at sea remains vital to underpinning international rules-based order, says Australian defence chief
Deterrence, including credible defence capability at sea, remains essential to maintaining stability and security, and the wider rules-based international order, in the Indo-Pacific region,...
UK announces GBP4 billion AUKUS submarine design contract
The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) has announced the award of a GBP4 billion (USD4.9 billion) contract to deliver the detailed design and long-lead...
Australia confirms details of planned Tomahawk fit for DDGs
Australia has confirmed its intention to purchase Tomahawk sea-launched cruise missiles to equip the Royal Australian Navy’s (RAN’s) three Hobart-class guided-missile destroyers (DDGs).
In a...
USN commissions LCS USS Canberra in Australia
The US Navy (USN) commissioned the Independence-class Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) USS Canberra (LCS 30) at the Royal Australian Navy’s (RAN’s) Fleet Base East,...
