Maritime Security Oceania

A Ghost Shark unmanned submarine at an Anduril manufacturing facility in Sydney, Australia
Unmanned Security Systems

OPINION | Ghost Sharks' mines won't be much use if Australia can't act fast enough

Natalie Treloar
An Australian Border Force Cape-class patrol boat
Fishing Regulation & Enforcement

Foreign boat crew detained after suspected illegal fishing off Northern Territory, Australia

Will Xavier
Matilda 1
Naval Auxiliary/Support

US Marines use Australian-designed stern landing vessel to inform medium amphibious ship requirements

Will Xavier
The Virginia-class fast attack submarine USS Colorado returns from sea trials during a maintenance period at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, June 6, 2026.
Naval Submersibles

USS Colorado to be first US submarine assigned to AUKUS rotational force in Western Australia

Will Xavier
Maritime Safety Queensland marine officers conduct a patrol on the Noosa River.
Ausmarine - Maritime Security

Unsafe watercraft behaviour targeted in successful spring blitz by Queensland Government

Ausmarine
CAPTAS-1, a towed array sonar developed by Thales
Naval

Sonar production facility opens in Sydney for Australian naval fleet

Reuters
Rendering of an Australian Defence Force Landing Craft Heavy
Naval Auxiliary/Support

Australian shipbuilder secures $172m loan for landing craft manufacturing facilities

Will Xavier
The US Navy Los Angeles-class submarine USS Santa Fe joins the Royal Australian Navy Collins-class Submarines HMAS Collins, HMAS Farncomb, HMAS Dechaineux, and HMAS Sheean in formation in the West Australian Exercise Area, February 18, 2019.
Naval Submersibles

OPINION | AUKUS: Australia's strategy for undersea power in a contested Indo-Pacific

John Blaxland
A 40-foot multi-mission reconnaissance craft (MMRC) built by the Whiskey Project Group. One example of the MMRC has been supplied to the US Marine Corps.
Non-Naval Security

Whiskey Project Group opens North Carolina vessel manufacturing facility

Will Xavier
AFDM 15
Other Workboats

VESSEL REVIEW | AFDM 15 – US Navy acquires medium floating dry dock for surface ship maintenance

Baird Maritime
COLUMN | Back on track? US icebreaker construction; Anduril invests in naval submarine manufacturing; war and how it creates business opportunities for billionaires [Offshore Accounts]
Security

COLUMN | Back on track? US icebreaker construction; Anduril invests in naval submarine manufacturing; war and how it creates business opportunities for billionaires [Offshore Accounts]

Hieronymus Bosch
Australian and Indonesian patrol boats underway as part of Operation Jawline-Arafura, which entered its fifth year in 2026
Fishing Regulation & Enforcement

Australia, Indonesia conduct joint anti-illegal fishing operation along shared maritime border

Will Xavier
Rendering of an AV-L
Non-Naval Security

Work begins on new amphibious vehicle prototype for Australian Army

Alan Bosworth
Hyperion Systems' 3D-printed USV during sea trials
Unmanned Security Systems

Australian-built 3D-printed USV wraps up initial sea trial

Will Xavier
The seized foreign fishing vessel, September 29, 2026
Fishing Regulation & Enforcement

Foreign vessel seized for suspected illegal fishing near Australia's Scott Reef

Gareth Havelock
The Royal Australian Navy Huon-class mine countermeasures vessels HMAS Yarra and HMAS Diamantina berthed alongside Port Vila in Vanuatu during Operation Render Safe 26-2
Naval Ships

OPINION | Here we go again: mine countermeasures are Australia's forgotten naval capability

Andy Perry
Austal's shipyard in Henderson, Western Australia. Three Evolved Cape-class patrol boats and three smaller Guardian-class patrol boats are moored pierside while a fourth Evolved Cape-class boat is mounted on a slipway.
Security

OPINION | A welcome wildcat? Austal, AUKUS and an ownership mud wrestle

Michael Shoebridge
The yacht Tai Tam as seen from a Royal New Zealand Air Force P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft
Accidents

Four rescued from sinking yacht following collision with whale off Norfolk Island

Jens Karsten
A foreign vessel apprehended for suspected illegal fishing and other offences near Scott Reef off Western Australia, September 22, 2026
Fishing Regulation & Enforcement

Two foreign vessels apprehended for suspected illegal fishing off Western Australia

Will Xavier
Battleship Diplomat cover
Naval Ships

BOOK REVIEW | Battleship Diplomat: The Enduring Legacy of the USS Missouri

Dr Neil Baird
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