Frigates fill the Maritime Gap
While the budget for large capital ships is hard to find in the Asia Pacific region, the market for cheaper ‘workhorse’ frigates and corvettes...
Coast Guard with Muscles
The China Coast Guard has ‘bulked up’ the size, numbers and firepower of its ships, blurring the traditional role usually associated with such organisations.
The...
British and Indian Navies Join Forces in Channel
Destroyer HMS Defender joined forces with the Indian Navy as she knuckled down to her Asia-Pacific deployment… in the English Channel.
The Portsmouth-based Type 45...
Whither China’s recent ASBM test?
The People’s Liberation Army (PLA) tested its much-vaulted anti-ship ballistic missile (ASBM) capability at sea last month, according to news outlets CNBC and NHK,...
Hawkish China triggers Taiwanese Defence budget rise
Taiwan’s force modernisation still short of international buy-in so indigenous development and manufacturing remain’s vital.
Tensions between the People’s Republic of China (PRC, or China)...
SEA Recieves Extension for Kuala Lumpur Office
SEA has been granted approval by the Malaysian Investment Development Authority (MIDA) to extend its regional office in Kuala Lumpur until 2022.
The office is...
Indo-Pacific Defence Conference Premium Partner announced
The Naval Shipbuilding College has been confirmed as the Premium Partner for the upcoming Indo-Pacific Defence Conference, Western Australia’s flagship defence industry event.
Hosted by...
ST Engineering Secures Contracts Worth $1.5b for 2Q2019
Singapore Technologies Engineering Ltd (ST Engineering), a global technology, defence and engineering group today announced that its Aerospace and Electronics sectors have secured new...
TAFE NSW Strengthens Pathways to Naval Shipbuilding Jobs
TAFE NSW has partnered with the Naval Shipbuilding College to support more people to secure careers in the rapidly expanding naval shipbuilding, supply and...
Unpicking the Electromagnetic Tapestry
Dr. Thomas Withington - The Latin phrase ‘scientia potentia est' (knowledge is power) encompasses the naval need to classify and process electromagnetic signatures in an area...
