Designing and Building the Barramundi Submarine: Is Naval Group Up to the Challenge?
There is a clear misperception with regard to the French and the Australian new build attack…
Read More »An Update on the Indian Navy: December 2019
In an interview with India Strategic, the Navy Chief said that acquisition order for US General Atomics…
Read More »Forward Operating Bases for Australian Submarines
Luke Gosling’s recent Strategist post, mooting Darwin as a forward operating location for Australia’s submarines, sparked a few…
Read More »The Future of Maritime Remote Systems
The next war at sea could be fought at the speed of electronic thought, with autonomous…
Read More »Maritime Trade Off-Shoring in Australia: How to Recover Sufficient Sovereignty for Crisis Management?
In the competition between the liberal democracies and the rising tide of 21st century authoritarians, the…
Read More »Building a 21st Century Australian Navy: A Major Part of the Re-set of Australian Infrastructure for Defense and Security
Currently, I am attending the Chief of the Royal Australian Navy’s Seapower conference being held in…
Read More »The Royal Navy Downselects the Arrowhead 140: Upgradeability, Platforms and the Way Ahead in Shipbuilding
Recently, the Royal Navy has downselected a variant of a time proven Danish frigate design. As…
Read More »The Challenge of Building Out a Naval Industrial Base Ready to Support Sustained Conflict
With the shift from the land wars to higher tempo operations involved peer competitors, the industrial…
Read More »Building a New Allied Frigate: The Case of the Type 26
The origin of the Type 26 ship design began in 1998 with the UK’s Future Surface…
Read More »India and Shipbuilding: Shaping a Naval Eco-System
India can be a hub for warships production and repair for friendly countries Shipbuilding can contribute…
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