Defence rejects Tribunal recommendation that Sheean be awarded VC
Defence has issued a statement backing the government’s recent announcement that Ordinary Seaman Teddy Sheean not be posthumously granted a Victoria Cross.
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PACIFIC2021 expo cancelled – for better/later event
After breaking records in 2019, the PACIFIC International Maritime Exposition – PACIFIC2021 – has been cancelled, renamed and moved to 2022.
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Australia’s finest warship commissioned at sea
The Royal Australian Navy has welcomed its newest ship into the fleet with the first commissioning of an Australian warship at sea since World War II.
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Navy’s largest ever officer graduation
Royal Australian Naval College at HMAS Creswell has qualified the largest officer cohort in its 107 years with 168 New Entry Officers’ Course graduates.
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HMAS Parramatta completes Asian/South China Sea tour
HMAS Parramatta has returned to Australia after completing a three-month deployment of South and South East Asia and the South China Sea.
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Two halves of future HMAS Arafura brought together
Just shy of a year since an official keel-laying for Navy’s new first-of-class OPVs, the two halves of future HMAS Arafura have been brought together.
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Government orders six new Cape-class for Navy
The government today announced it would spend around $350 million to build six new Cape-class patrol boats for the Royal Australian Navy.
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STS Young Endeavour voyages suspended until October
Because of restrictions in place to slow the spread of coronavirus, the Young Endeavour Youth Scheme (YEYS) has suspended all voyages until October 2020.
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Is Navy back-flipping on recent sea boat contract?
A story on Defence’s news site today caught our eye – Call-out to industry on sea boat capabilities – in
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New Arafura-class offshore patrol vessel names announced
Chief of Navy Vice Admiral Michael Noonan today announced the names of vessels two to six in the Arafura-class of OPV during a keel-laying ceremony in SA.
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Keel laying ceremony for second offshore patrol vessel
Australia’s $90 billion National Shipbuilding Program reached another milestone today with the ceremonial keel laying of the second Arafura-class OPV.
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Artificial intelligence proves better than human in search and rescue
AI-Search, Defence’s artificial intelligence (AI) prototype to transform airborne search and rescue, is now in its second phase of development.
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Major building project set to start at HMAS Stirling
Lendlease Building Contractors will manage a new $365 million building project at HMAS Stirling and Henderson in Western Australia.
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Shark 02 remembered 15 years on
Nine ADF members who died when Sea King helicopter ‘Shark 02’ crashed on a humanitarian support mission on Nias island in 2005 were remembered yesterday.
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HMAS Toowoomba nabs 3 tonne of narcotics
HMAS Toowoomba interdicted more than 3000 kilograms of illegal narcotics including hashish and heroin in the Gulf of Aden on 19 March.
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NUSHIP Sydney home for first time
Sydney residents got their first glimpse of their city’s namesake ship with the arrival of NUSHIP Sydney at Garden Island today.
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Construction starts on first WA-built offshore patrol vessel
The Continuous Naval Shipbuilding Program reached a new milestone with construction on the first Arafura- class OPV to be built in WA commencing.
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Captain Cook Graving Dock turns 75
Royal Australian Navy’s most important strategic asset, the Captain Cook Graving Dock at Garden Island, Sydney, turned 75 today.
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Highly charged competition could see Greek-designed batteries in Australia’s new submarines
Australian and Greek companies are now competing to design the main storage batteries for the Australia’s future Attack-class submarines.
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HMAS Arunta fires Evolved Sea Sparrow
Following a 20-month upgrade, Royal Australian Navy warship HMAS Arunta has fired its first Evolved Sea Sparrow missile off the coast of Western Australia.
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