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  • Australian Navy commissions two Evolved Cape-class patrol boats
  • Australia invests $129M in Anzac-class frigate sustainment
  • LR to provide naval classification services for Australia's LCM

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navaltoday.com /1 week ago

Australian Navy commissions two Evolved Cape-class patrol boats

The Royal Australian Navy has welcomed two Evolved Cape-class patrol boats, HMAS Cape Spencer and HMAS Cape Hawke, into service in a...

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navaltoday.com /1 day ago

Australia invests $129M in Anzac-class frigate sustainment

The Australian Government is investing more than $129 million in a new contract with Babcock Australia to sustain the Royal Australian Navy’s...

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navaltoday.com /1 week ago

LR to provide naval classification services for Australia's LCM

Lloyd's Register (LR) has secured a contract worth A$11 million ($7.2 million) from Austal Defence Australia (ADA) to provide naval...

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navaltoday.com /1 month ago

Australia awards $163M Anzac-class designer support contract

BAE Systems Australia – Maritime, working with BMT, has been awarded the Anzac Class Designer Support Contract (DSC) to sustain and enhance the Royal Australian Navy’s Anzac class...

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maritime-executive.com /3 weeks ago

Australia Improves its Surveillance Capability Over the South China Sea

The Royal Australian Air Force’s 10 Squadron has commenced its first operational intelligence collection flights over the South China Sea, marking a s...

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navaltoday.com /6 days ago

Australia's HMAS Hobart back in water following major upgrade milestone

Australian Navy's destroyer HMAS Hobart has returned to the water ready for the next major phase of work under the Destroyer Capability...

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navaltoday.com /1 month ago

Australia awards $163M Anzac-class designer support contract

BAE Systems Australia – Maritime, working with BMT, has been awarded the Anzac Class Designer Support Contract (DSC) to sustain and enhance the Royal Australian Navy’s Anzac class...

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australianaviation.com.au /1 month ago

RAAF Poseidons join massive maritime exercise

92 Wing’s Poseidons, supported by 11 and 12 Squadrons, are taking part in Exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2026, based out of Hawaii. This is the 30th iteration of the exercise...

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indiandefensenews.in /1 week ago

India And Australia Deepen Naval Cooperation Under New Leadership

India and Australia reaffirmed their maritime partnership on 28 August 2026, with India’s High Commissioner Nagesh Singh meeting Vice Admiral Matthew Paul Buckley, the newly appoin...

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navalnews.com /2 weeks ago

Australia Lays Keel for First Hunter-class Anti-Submarine Frigate

BAE Systems Maritime Australia has officially laid the keel for the Royal Australian Navy's first Hunter-class frigate at the Osborne Naval Shipyard... The post Australia Lays Keel...

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naval-technology.com /2 weeks ago

Keel laid for Royal Australian Navy’s first Hunter-class frigate 

The keel for the Royal Australian Navy’s first planned Hunter-class frigate has been laid at Osborne Naval Shipyard in South Australia. The post Keel laid for Royal Australian Navy...

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navalnews.com /3 weeks ago

Australia and US Test AUKUS Pillar II Undersea Capabilities at RIMPAC 2026

Australia and the United States have successfully tested AUKUS Pillar II subsea and seabed warfare capabilities during an undersea warfare activity as part of Exercise Rim of the P...

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defence-blog.com /2 weeks ago

Australia marks keel-laying for new anti-sub frigate

Shipbuilders at BAE Systems Australia laid the keel of NUSHIP Hunter on August 24, 2026, marking the formal start of hull assembly on the first ship in Australia’s Hunter class fri...

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naval-technology.com /1 month ago

OKI to equip Australian Navy frigates with passive sonar

Oki to deliver towed passive sonar systems and related equipment for the Australian government’s new fleet of general-purpose frigates. The post OKI to equip Australian Navy frigat...

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australianaviation.com.au /1 month ago

Navy’s dedicated drone squadron marks first Integrator flight

Already in service with the Army’s 20th Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery, the Integrator uncrewed aerial system (UAS) is the fourth platform operated by the Navy’s dedicated UA...

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indiandefensenews.in /3 weeks ago

Indian And Australian Navies Strengthen Maritime Partnership At 17th Staff Talks

The navies of India and Australia convened in Sydney from 11 to 12 August 2026 for the 17th Navy-to-Navy Staff Talks. The discussions were co-chaired by Rear Admiral Sachin Reuben...

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marinelink.com /2 weeks ago

Lloyd’s Register Joins Austal’s $715M Australian Army Landing Craft Program

Lloyd’s Register has secured a $7.8 million (A$11 million) contract from Austal Defence Australia to provide naval classification services for the Australian Army’s Landing Craft M...

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defence-blog.com /1 month ago

Australian-made ship could reshape how Marines resupply troops

An Australian-designed cargo ship just did something no purpose-built military landing vessel has managed before, driving stern-first onto a beach near Darwin, holding position whi...

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defence-blog.com /1 month ago

Australia is renting private boats to help guard its coast

Australia has been leaning on privately owned patrol boats to help guard its coastline, and a Singapore-based shipbuilder just confirmed exactly how that arrangement works. Penguin...

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australianaviation.com.au /6 days ago

RNZAF, Australian Defence Force endorse shared space vision

The statement highlighted the growing importance of space to modern military operations, underpinning communications, navigation, intelligence, surveillance and command and control...

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navaltoday.com /1 month ago

Royal Navy tests drone armada concept

An armada of aerial and surface drones operating alongside traditional naval and aviation assets has moved closer to reality after the Royal Navy...

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navalnews.com /1 month ago

Australia Selects Leidos Gibbs & Cox for AUKUS Dry Dock Design

The Australian government has announced the selection of Leidos Gibbs and Cox to design a floating dry dock supporting AUKUS infrastructure. Australian Department of Defence press...

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australianaviation.com.au /1 month ago

Australia and Malaysia mark 45 years of Operation Gateway

Hosted at RMAF Base Butterworth in Malaysia, the deployment involved more than 75 personnel from No. 92 Wing and three Poseidon P-8A aircraft, as well as supporting elements from a...

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news.usni.org /1 month ago

Multinational Crews Fly on U.S. Navy Poseidon’s for RIMPAC

Multinational crews are flying on U.S. Navy P-8A Poseidon Maritime Patrol Aircraft for first time during Rim of the Pacific 2026 exercise. U.S. Navy P-8As from the “Fighting Tigers...

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