Maritime Security Oceania

Sea Archer
Unmanned Security Systems

VESSEL REVIEW | Sea Archer – Surveillance and logistics USV capable of long-endurance loitering

Baird Maritime
ASC 1
Naval Auxiliary/Support

VESSEL REVIEW | ASC 1 – Beaching logistics craft prototype for US Marine Corps

Baird Maritime
Australian Border Force officer operating a remotely piloted aircraft system at an undisclosed location
Unmanned Security Systems

Australian Border Force deploys aerial drones for anti-illegal fishing patrols

Will Xavier
Matilda 1
Naval Auxiliary/Support

Australian vessel designer joins ManTech team awarded $3b Indo-Pacific logistics contract

Will Xavier
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
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