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Deputy Director of Artificial Intelligence Wing Commander Michael Gan looks for a life raft off the Queensland coast during an assessment of the AI-Search system using GoPros for eyes. Photo by Corporal Jessica de Rouw.

Artificial intelligence proves better than human in search and rescue

08/04/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2653 Views 0 Comments

AI-Search, Defence’s artificial intelligence (AI) prototype to transform airborne search and rescue, is now in its second phase of development.

HMAS Stirling, Western Australia. Photo by Chief Petty Officer Damian Pawlenko.

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Major building project set to start at HMAS Stirling

04/04/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 5671 Views 2 Comments

Lendlease Building Contractors will manage a new $365 million building project at HMAS Stirling and Henderson in Western Australia.

Executive Officer HMAS Albatross Commander Nigel Rowan lays a wreath to remember those lost in the 2005 Sea King helicopter crash at the Shark 02 memorial at HMAS Albatross. Photo by Chief Petty Officer Cameron Martin.

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Shark 02 remembered 15 years on

03/04/202003/04/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2790 Views 1 Comment

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.

150 parcels of illicit drugs including hashish and heroin are made ready for destruction on the flight deck of HMAS Toowoomba after a successful boarding during Operation Manitou. Photo by Leading Seaman Richard Cordell.

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HMAS Toowoomba nabs 3 tonne of narcotics

30/03/202030/03/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2223 Views 0 Comments

HMAS Toowoomba interdicted more than 3000 kilograms of illegal narcotics including hashish and heroin in the Gulf of Aden on 19 March.

NUSHIP Sydney prepares to berth at Fleet Base East, Garden Island in Sydney, for the first time. Photo by Able Seaman Leon Dafonte Fernandez.

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NUSHIP Sydney home for first time

27/03/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3343 Views 0 Comments

Sydney residents got their first glimpse of their city’s namesake ship with the arrival of NUSHIP Sydney at Garden Island today.

Lürssen of Germany wins $4billion OPV contract. Lürssen photo.

Australian News Royal Australian Navy Science & Technology

Construction starts on first WA-built offshore patrol vessel

27/03/202027/03/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3547 Views 0 Comments Arafura-class

The Continuous Naval Shipbuilding Program reached a new milestone with construction on the first Arafura- class OPV to be built in WA commencing.

HMAS Adelaide rests on blocks in Captain Cook Graving Dock at Fleet Base East, Sydney, for maintenance. Photo by Leading Seaman Peter Thompson.

Australian News Royal Australian Navy Science & Technology

Captain Cook Graving Dock turns 75

24/03/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3538 Views 0 Comments

Royal Australian Navy’s most important strategic asset, the Captain Cook Graving Dock at Garden Island, Sydney, turned 75 today.

Shortfin Barracuda Block 1A wins Australian submarine competition.

Australian News Royal Australian Navy Science & Technology

Highly charged competition could see Greek-designed batteries in Australia’s new submarines

13/03/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3603 Views 0 Comments

Australian and Greek companies are now competing to design the main storage batteries for the Australia’s future Attack-class submarines.

HMAS Arunta fires an Evolved Sea Sparrow missile off the coast of Western Australia to test its missile systems after undergoing the Anzac Midlife Capability Assurance Program upgrade. Photo by Leading Seaman Ronnie Baltoft.

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HMAS Arunta fires Evolved Sea Sparrow

12/03/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4235 Views 0 Comments

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.

Petty Officer Aviation Technician Avionics Rodney Ferreira, stands by the Schiebel S-100 Camcopter before a flight at Jervis Bay airfield. Photo by Chief Petty Officer Cameron Martin.

Australian News Royal Australian Navy Science & Technology

822X Squadron flies two different UAVs at the same time

12/03/202019/03/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3483 Views 0 Comments

Navy’s 822X Squadron reached a milestone in its development on the 25 Feb 2020 when it flew simultaneous missions of two different unmanned aircraft types.

The Sultan of Brunei talks to HMAS Dechaineux's CO Commander Bradley Francis, with Chief of Navy Vice Admiral Mick Noonan in the background. Photo courtesy of Brunei's Information Department.

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HMAS Dechaineux visits Brunei

10/03/202010/03/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3107 Views 0 Comments

Royal Australian Navy’s HMAS Dechaineux and her crew of 59 have conducted the first official port visit by an Australian submarine to Brunei Darussalam.

Able Seaman Electronics Technician Liam Walker talks about HMAS Hobart's 5-inch gun with attendees of the HMAS Hobart Open Day during a port visit in Melbourne, Victoria. Photo by Able Seaman Jarrod Mulvihill.

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Hobart opened to public in Melbourne

06/03/202006/03/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2577 Views 0 Comments

The Royal Australian Navy showcased the guided-missile destroyer HMAS Hobart last weekend, with an open day in Melbourne.

The Bulimba Barracks site in Brisbane as sold – red boundary indicates the sale area, blue boundary indicates the new Defence boundary now commissioned as HMAS Moreton.

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Bulimba Barracks sold for $63 million

29/02/202029/02/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 6886 Views 2 Comments

Bulimba Barracks on the banks of the Brisbane River has been sold to developer Shayher Group to build a proposed housing development.

Chief of Navy Vice Admiral Michael Noonan, Minister for Defence Linda Reynolds and Commander Ted Seymour, Commanding Office of NUSHIP Sydney, as the Royal Australian Navy marked the delivery of its third Air Warfare Destroyer. Photo by Kym Smith.

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Final Air Warfare Destroyer handed over to Navy

28/02/202028/02/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4937 Views 1 Comment Air Warfare Destroyer

Navy’s final Air Warfare Destroyer – NUSHIP Sydney – was officially handed over to Defence In a moving ceremony today at Osborne Naval Shipyard in Adelaide.

HMAS Hobart departs Fleet Base East, Garden Island, for the Royal Australian Navy's Fleet Certification Period, 2020. Photo by Able Seaman Benjamin Ricketts.

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Navy begins first major exercise for 2020

17/02/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3884 Views 1 Comment Fleet Certification Period

Four warships left Sydney today to begin the sea phase of the Royal Australian Navy’s first major exercise for the year – Fleet Certification Period 2020