Commentary on equipping the Australian Defence Force tends to focus on high-end combat capabilities such as frigates, fighter aircraft and armoured vehicles. Much less is ..
Tag: Collins class
Australia’s strategic circumstances over the next few decades will mean we cannot afford to be without a submarine capability. But that’s an area in which we are ..
By Dr Tom Lewis
Australia’s six Collins-class submarines have had a chequered history, to put it mildly. Massive cost over runs, ..
In the first part of this series, we saw that by late 2015, before Australia’s Defence Department had received industry responses in the competitive evaluation ..
The latest salvo in Australia’s national debate about how best to spread the risks and benefits of the AU$300 billion (US$200 billion) naval shipbuilding plan is ..
There have been claims in the media and by various commentators that the cost of Australia’s future submarine program has gone up. The Defence Department insists that ..
Three years ago, I wrote that the Australian shipping industry was at the crossroads of existence. It’s now hanging by a thread. We have been continually losing ships ..
FEATURE | In for the long haul (part 1): good news and bad news about Australia’s frigate transition
Moving from the Collins-class submarines to the Attack class is not the only long and complex capability transition that the Royal Australian Navy is embarking upon. The ..
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