In October 2019, Defence Minister Linda Reynolds announced that ‘Defence is working through a re-assessment of the strategic underpinnings of the 2016 Defence White Paper’. The review was to be completed in early 2020. Given …
Search Results for "shipbuilding"
Commentary on equipping the Australian Defence Force tends to focus on high-end combat capabilities such as frigates, fighter aircraft and armoured vehicles. Much less is written about the assets and infrastructure that support those capabilities. …
The rapid evolution of genomics over the past three decades, combined with the ‘dry runs’ of SARS, MERS and swine flu, created a genuine sense of optimism about the global capacity to respond to new …
Sea state Construction of a third Arafura-class offshore patrol vessel for the Royal Australian Navy is underway in Western Australia. Two are already being built in South Australia, but this is the first of 10 …
Sea state Japan’s Maritime Self-Defense Force has commissioned its first Soryu-class diesel–electric submarine equipped with lithium-ion batteries. The lithium-ion batteries store significantly more energy than the lead-acid batteries used in earlier subs. The 4,100-tonne JS …
Sea state The US Navy says one of its P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft was hit by a laser fired from a Chinese destroyer in international waters about 610 kilometres west of Guam. The US …
In late 2014, Australia was engaged in a vigorous national debate about whether 12 new submarines should be imported directly from Japan in a ‘captain’s pick’ or built here after some form of tender process. …
The title of the latest issue of Australian Foreign Affairs asks, ‘Can we trust America?’ The case of the MQ-4C Triton unmanned aerial system would suggest the answer is no. The 2016 defence white paper …
At the November 2019 supplementary Senate estimates hearing for the Department of Defence, much was made of the number of jobs created among Australia-based companies through their participation in the joint strike fighter (JSF) global …
Sea state The Defence Department and Naval Group have released a joint statement reaffirming their commitment to the Royal Australian Navy’s future submarine program. The statement lists ‘sovereign control’ and ‘maximising Australian industry involvement’ as …
Two questions are frequently raised about the process that selected Australia’s preferred partner for the design and build of the future submarine. The first is why the Defence Department didn’t pursue a ‘son of Collins’, …
Welcome to our first ‘ASPI suggests’ for 2020. There’s a lot of reading to catch up on, so let’s dive right in. The world The Middle East remains embroiled in conflict and instability. A report …