Tag: Royal Australian Navy
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Australia, Aviation, Breaking News, Helicopter, Naval, News, Royal Australian Navy
Just days after gaining U.S approval for the purchase of twelve more MH-60R Seahawks, one of the Royal Australian Navy’s (RAN) existing Seahawks has been lost in the Philippine Sea, with no… Continue reading "MH-60R from HMAS Brisbane Ditches in the Philippine Sea, Crew Safe"
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Australia, Missiles, News, Ordnance, RAAF
The Australian Prime Minister, Scott Morrison announced that Australia will be pursuing the purchase of Tomahawk cruise missiles for their Hobart class destroyers, as well as JASSM-ER for their F/A-18… Continue reading "Australia Announces Plan To Procure Tomahawk and JASSM-ER"
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Australia, Breaking News, Daily News, Naval, New Zealand, News, Spain, Support Vessel
Australia’s Department of Defence officially accepted NUSHIP Stalwart on 31 August according to a press release from the ship’s manufacturer, Navantia. NUSHIP Stalwart, the second of two Supply Class Auxiliaries… Continue reading "Royal Australian Navy Accepts NUSHIP Stalwart, Commissioning Expected Later This Year"
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Australia, Naval, Navy, News, Surface Combatant, USA
The third and last of the Royal Australian Navy’s (RAN) Hobart-class Air Warfare Destroyer (AWD) finished a four and a half month trial deployment to Canada and the United States.… Continue reading "Australian Navy’s Final Hobart-class Destroyer Completes Testing"
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Australia, Daily News, Naval, News, Support Vessel
The Royal Australian Navy commissioned its newest Auxiliary Oiler Replenishment ship, the HMAS Supply, at Fleet Base East in Sydney on 10 April. HMAS Supply is the first of two… Continue reading "Royal Australian Navy Commissions Auxiliary Oiler Replenishment Ship HMAS Supply"
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Army, Australia, Australian Army, Aviation, Breaking News, Counter Terrorism, Daily News, Defense, Helicopter, News, Special Forces
Rumours within the Australian Defence Force (ADF) indicate that the MRH-90 Taipan multi-role helicopter will be replaced with a new airframe under a programme known as Plan Corella. The MRH-90… Continue reading "ADF MRH-90 Taipan To Be Retired, MH-60 To Be Adopted?"
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Defense, News
The British defence company BAE Systems has won the $25 billion (£20 billion) contract to build Australia’s fleet of new navy frigates. The nine new frigates based on BAE’s Global Combat Ship will… Continue reading "Australia Selects BAE Frigate in $26 Billion Deal"