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NUSHIP Arafura returns to the Osborne Naval Shipyard after conducting sea trials in August 2024. Image provided by Luerssen Australia.

First (overdue) Arafura-class OPV finally delivered

31/01/202531/01/2025 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1934 Views 0 Comments Arafura-class

Defence has accepted the first Arafura-class offshore patrol vessel – NUSHIP Arafura – for further test and evaluation ahead of

Commander French Navy POM Auguste Benebig Jean-Francois Cabaret with HMAS Cairns Commanding Officer Alfonso Santos. Story by Corporal Michael Rogers. Photo by Ken Wilson.

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French OPV visits Cairns

15/03/202416/03/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 2170 Views 0 Comments French Navy, HMAS Cairns, New Caledonia

A brand-new French Navy offshore patrol vessel made a stop into Cairns during its participation in the US joint humanitarian

NUSHIP Arafura Petty Officer Darren Young, left, and Chief Petty Officer Matthew Hitchcock, observe Royal Brunei Navy sailors during a fire-fighting exercise aboard KDB Darulehsan off the coast of Brunei. Photo by Rhody Gleeson.

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Future OPV operators learn from Royal Brunei Navy

16/08/202322/08/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 1362 Views 0 Comments Arafura-class, NUSHIP Arafura, Royal Brunei Armed Forces (RBLF)

Bringing a new Royal Australian Navy ship into service naturally brings some challenges – especially when it is only the

Commodore Steve Tiffin, Nova Perris and Vice Admiral Michael Noonan at the launch of NUSHIP Arafura. Photo supplied by Luerssen.

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First Arafura-class OPV launched

16/12/202116/12/2021 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4343 Views 2 Comments Arafura-class

In a major milestone for the Royal Australian Navy, the first of the new Arafura-class offshore patrol vessels, Arafura, has

Anzac-class frigates HMAS Ballarat (155), HMAS Anzac (150) and HMAS Stuart (153) transit through Cockburn Sound in Western Australia on the way to Fleet Base West. Photo by Chief Petty Officer Damian Pawlenko

Australian News Royal Australian Navy Science & Technology

Industry Roadshow re Future Frigate and OPV opportunities rolls out

31/10/201623/11/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 5888 Views 0 Comments Future Frigate, Hunter-class, offshore patrol vessels

A national roadshow for the Future Frigates and Offshore Patrol Vessels shipbuilding programs kicked off in Adelaide today, designed to help Australian companies get

Lest We Forget

Cooktown Airfield 1942, Ops Base 27 and a Story Worth the Telling.

12/04/202517/04/2025 Geoff Clarke 1091 Views 2 Comments

He left school in grade three to go to work with his father on the bullock wagons pulling huge logs

Australian Army soldiers from 3rd Combat Engineer Regiment refurbish facilities as part of Exercise Puk Puk at Moem Barracks, PNG. Story by Captain Brittany Evans. Photos by Lance Corporal Riley Blennerhassett.

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Exercise in PNG renews infrastructure and bonds

02/10/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 2508 Views 0 Comments 3rd Combat Engineer Regiment, British Armed Forces, Exercise Puk Puk, New Zealand Army, PNGDF

Australian sappers from 3rd Combat Engineer Regiment joined engineers and tradespeople from the British Army, New Zealand Army and Papua

HMAS Stalwart conducts a dual replenishment at sea with HMA Ships Toowoomba and Brisbane during an Asian regional presence deployment. Photo by Leading Seaman Daniel Goodman.

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Royal Australian Navy’s future surface combat fleet set to expand

24/02/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1989 Views 0 Comments

The Albanese Government has released its blueprint for future Royal Australian Navy surface combatant fleet – covered in party-political spin

Flying Officer Kevin Pfitzner, a C-130J pilot with 37SQN at RAAF Base Richmond. Story by Tegan Smith.

Australian Army News Royal Australian Air Force Royal Australian Navy

Base-support services should improve under new contracts

07/02/202308/02/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 1918 Views 0 Comments

Services to Defence bases and establishments around the country are set to improve through the next generation of contracts. FILE

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Black Hawk flies without pilots

05/11/2022 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2704 Views 0 Comments Black Hawk, DARPA, Sikorsky

Sitting on the runway in Fort Campbell, Kentucky, one of Sikorsky’s pilots in an S-70 Black Hawk helicopter flips the

Able Seaman Lancaster Mara casts a line from the forecastle of HMAS Launceston alongside HMAS Coonawarra, Darwin. Story by Sub-Lieutenant Nancy Cotton. Photo by Leading Seaman Shane Cameron.

ADF People

Multilingual sailor rewarded for positive attitude

06/05/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 2111 Views 0 Comments

Being multilingual is a handy skill for Able Seaman Lancaster Mara to have. CAPTION: Able Seaman Lancaster Mara casts a line

Attendees at the official opening of the OPV Enterprise Office in front of Pilbara, which is under construction at the Henderson Shipyard in Western Australia. Photo by Leading Seaman Ernesto Sanchez.

ADF News Royal Australian Navy Sovereign industry

Offshore Patrol Vessel Enterprise officially launched

12/03/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 1620 Views 0 Comments

Representatives of government and industry gathered in Western Australia on March 4 to officially launch the Offshore Patrol Vessel (OPV)

Head of Maritime Systems Rear Admiral Wendy Malcolm displays the Chief of Navy’s ceremonial coin about to be placed under the keel NUSHIP Pilbara at the Civmec facility in Henderson, Western Australia. Photo by Leading Seaman Ronnie Baltoft.

Australian News Royal Australian Navy Science & Technology

Keel-laying ceremony for NUSHIP Pilbara

18/09/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2677 Views 0 Comments

A ceremonial, COVID-19-restricted, keel-laying ceremony for Navy’s third new offshore patrol vessel, NUSHIP Pilbara, was held in WA recently.

Special Air Service Regiment soldiers prepare to secure a ship's bridge during martime counter-terrorism training. Photo by Corporal Christopher Dickson.

Australian News Royal Australian Navy

New Maritime Security Training Centre in Darwin

11/09/202016/09/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3582 Views 0 Comments

Defence will build a Maritime Security Training Centre in Darwin to train Navy and other ADF members for Maritime Security operations.

One half of the future HMAS Arafura is transports to meet its aft half.

Australian News Royal Australian Navy Science & Technology

Two halves of future HMAS Arafura brought together

01/05/202006/05/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 6941 Views 0 Comments Arafura-class, offshore patrol vessel, OPV

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.

Chief of Navy Vice Admiral Michael Noonan addresses the keel laying ceremony for offshore patrol vessel 2 NUSHIP Eyre via video link. Photo by Russell Millard.

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New Arafura-class offshore patrol vessel names announced

09/04/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 5011 Views 0 Comments Arafura-class, offfshore-patrol vessel, OPV

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.

Evyenia Kontakos, a fourth-year apprentice welder and boilermaker with the Australian Submarine Corporation and Larry Lavallee, OPV Block Construction Manager, pose for an official photo after hammering in wedges to secure the Chief of Navy's ceremonial coin in place during NISHIP Eyre's keel laying ceremony. Photo by Russell Millard.

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Keel laying ceremony for second offshore patrol vessel

09/04/202009/04/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2912 Views 0 Comments Arafura-class, offshore patrol vessel, OPV

Australia’s $90 billion National Shipbuilding Program reached another milestone today with the ceremonial keel laying of the second Arafura-class OPV.