Yearly Archive: 2022

US Bill to Set Up AUKUS Sub Training Leaves UK Out

US Bill to Set Up AUKUS Sub Training Leaves UK Out

WASHINGTON — U.S. lawmakers introduced a bill this week that would establish a program to train Royal Australian Navy officers in operating nuclear-powered submarines, as Australia, the U.K. and the U.S. work on a collaborative path toward developing and fielding the boat type for the Pacific ally…
Can the West Still Provide the Arsenal of Democracy?

Can the West Still Provide the Arsenal of Democracy?

The war in Ukraine has proven that the age of industrial warfare is still here. The massive consumption of equipment, vehicles and ammunition requires a large-scale industrial base for resupply – quantity still has a quality of its own. The mass scale combat has pitted 250,000 Ukrainian soldiers, to…
Austal Wins A$300M in New Shipbuilding Contracts

Austal Wins A$300M in New Shipbuilding Contracts

Austal Limited is pleased to provide information about a number of contracts that Austal has secured, which help to diversify the Company’s long-term revenue base while utilising its shipbuilding and support expertise.

Austal has recently been awarded contracts to:

–Sustain two Cape-class pat…

Australia Ships First Armored Personnel Carriers for Ukraine

Australia Ships First Armored Personnel Carriers for Ukraine

The first four M113AS4 Armoured Personnel Carriers being gifted to Ukraine departed RAAF Base Amberley last week.

Loaded into a Ukrainian Antonov AN-124 aircraft, the four vehicles are the first of 14 M113AS4s to be provided by Australia.

The Australian government’s military assistance package…

Indian Shipyards Lay Keels for Two ASW Corvettes, Survey Ship

Indian Shipyards Lay Keels for Two ASW Corvettes, Survey Ship

Keel for the fourth ship of Survey Vessel (Large) and second & third ships of ASW SWC (Anti-Submarine Warfare Shallow Water Craft corvettes) for the Indian Navy was ceremoniously laid on 17 Jun 2022 by VAdm SN Ghormade, Vice Chief of Naval Staff at M/s L&T, Kattupalli in the presence of RAdm GK Hari…
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