The first frigate is slated for delivery to the RAN in 2029; it will enter service the following year. After spending most of its post-World War II existence pursuing a pacifist foreign policy, Japan ...

A in 2014 it was clear the capability was relatively mature, and it kicked off a debate about whether to operate them from ...

First-of-class flight trials for the service’s new MH-60R helicopters will begin aboard the HMAS Adelaide shortly.

USS Santa Barbara (LCS-32) and USS Canberra (LCS-30 ... delayed the retirement of the 1980s Avenger-class minehunters, fiberglass-coated wooden ships that have been forward-deployed to Japan ...