Despite continuing challenges with the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) development, the F-35 program forms the core of Australia’s future airpower. Australia remains committed to the JSF program, with the F-35A expected to reach initial operational …
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Sea State Boeing has told Reuters on February 12 that the company has implemented a number of new measures aimed at combating a rise in health issues reported by F/A-18 and EA-18G fighter jet pilots. …
Monday’s Iowa caucuses meant no shortage of analysis for US politics wonks this week. For some choicer pieces, check out Stephen Walt’s unforgiving look at the top five presidential candidates: HRC, The Donald, Cruz, Bernie and …
Sea State The US Navy is facing a shortage of aircraft carriers in the Western Pacific and Middle East as it attempts to scale back the duration of carrier deployments. Carrier deployments have grown over …
It’s been 40 years since a UK defence review meant much to Australia and the Asia–Pacific, but the National Security Strategy and Strategic Defence and Security Review 2015, released last month, signals a sea change. …
Sea State Beijing has announced plans to establish a naval facility in Djibouti with the goal of boosting counter-piracy and peacekeeping efforts in the region. Reportedly, the Chinese installation will be located near a US …
2015 is the year that saw Government announce that Continuous Shipbuilding will be a permanent feature in the nation’s industrial landscape – surely, this is not an outlandish notion for a maritime nation. To understand …
Sea State A report released by the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments has proposed basing a second US aircraft carrier in Japan. The report argues that a continuous presence of US naval assets will …
It’s puzzling that mixed messages appear to be the new preferred means of signaling our strategic intent. And it’s even more puzzling that the Australian government, grappling with the delivery of a new Defence White …
Sea State Much like the plot of a knock-off Bond movie, Russia made global headlines last week when a state-run TV station ‘accidentally’ revealed concept designs for a top secret nuclear torpedo. The footage was …
The third paper in our Capability Snapshot series was released today. (The fourth, looking at the ADF’s C4ISR networks and capability, will come out next year as part of a larger piece of work.) In …
Sea State Last week the destroyer USS Donald Cook visited Turkey’s Aksaz naval base on Turkey’s southwest coast for joint Turkey–US exercises. Elements of the Turkish naval force present included submarines, surface and air defence …