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Royal Australian Navy autonomous patrol boat completes acceptance trials

Sentinel, a remote and autonomously operated vessel of the Royal Australian Navy

Austal Australia has successfully completed sea acceptance trials, including endurance trials, of Sentinel, a remote and autonomously operated vessel of the Royal Australian Navy. The trials consisted of a series of remote and autonomous navigation events conducted off the Western Australian coastline during March and April 2024. Greenroom Robotics’ proprietary maritime autonomy software was used […]

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US firm unveils new AUV for Royal Australian Navy

The prototype Ghost Shark extra large autonomous underwater vehicle

US-based defence technology company Anduril Industries has completed construction of the first example of the Ghost Shark extra large autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) ordered by the Australian Department of Defence (DOD). The AUV is the first of three that will be built under an initial AU$140...

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Australian-Singaporean partnership to study emissions reduction measures for shipping

Ships in the Singapore Strait

The Australian government’s Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) and the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) have initiated a bilateral program designed to assist the Australian and Singaporean maritime and port sectors in significantly reducing their carbon emissions. The Australia-Singapore Initiative on Low-Emissions Technologies for Maritime and Port Operations (ASLET) will support […]

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AWARDS 2023 | Best Security Landing Craft – Island Guardian – Norman R. Wright and Sons

Best Security Landing Craft – Island Guardian – Norman R. Wright and Sons This fast, truly multi-purpose craft from Queensland’s renowned Norman R. Wright and Sons has a multitude of roles. It combines those of patrol boat, landing craft, Ro-Pax ferry, research vessel, general work boat and more...

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US Marine Corps acquires two new combat watercraft

A Multi-Mission Reconnaissance Craft demonstrator built by The Whiskey Project Group

The US Marine Corps recently took delivery of two new combat reconnaissance watercraft in a series built by Australian-New Zealand partnership The Whiskey Project Group (TWPG). Designated as a Multi-Mission Reconnaissance Craft (MMRC), the vessels are capable of reconnaissance and counter-reconnaissance, surveillance, target acquisition, interdiction, and battlespace shaping operations. Low-observable features that make the craft […]

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Construction begins on heavy-lift landing craft for US Navy

Rendering of an LCU 1710-class landing craft that Austal USA is building for the US Navy

Austal USA has begun construction on the first vessel in a new class of utility landing craft (LCU) ordered by the US Navy. The construction of the first LCU 1710-class vessel is being undertaken in fulfillment of a US$91.5 million contract, which also covers three additional vessels and associated...

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COLUMN | Correcting course: Aramco and jackups; Siem Offshore and Kristian Siem; Ferguson Marine; MMA Offshore; Maersk/Svitzer [Offshore Accounts]

Harold Macmillan was supposedly once asked what the most troubling problem of his time as British Prime Minister was. “Events, my dear boy, events,” was his reply. I thought I had this week’s column nailed well in advance, but offshore is an industry especially susceptible to unexpected and hard to predict “events”. So, we must […]

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Four-nation maritime cooperative activity concluded in Philippines’ EEZ waters

Naval vessels from the Philippines, the US, Australia, and Japan participate in a Multilateral Maritime Cooperative Activity in the Philippines' EEZ waters in the South China Sea, April 7, 2024.

The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), the US Indo-Pacific Command, the Australian Defence Force, and the Japan Self-Defence Forces successfully conducted a Multilateral Maritime Cooperative Activity (MMCA) in the waters west of the Philippines on Sunday, April 7, the AFP said in a statement....

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