Monthly Archives: June 2026

RNZN outlines fleet renewal priorities at CNE 2026

Share The Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN) is progressing a long-term fleet renewal programme that will reshape the service’s force structure, training model, infrastructure, and sustainment architecture over the next two decades. Speaking at the recent Combined Naval Event 2026 conference in Farnborough, Commodore Brendon Clark, Co-Director Maritime Fleet Renewal, said the programme was a “once in aContinue reading “RNZN outlines fleet renewal priorities at CNE 2026”

Aircraft carriers Kitty Hawk, Midway and Nimitz in the Gulf of Oman early 1980 

Australia’s nuclear sub fleet to be built on used US boats under revised AUKUS plan

June 1, 2026, by Fatima Bahtić Australia is set to receive used nuclear-powered submarines from the United States under a revised AUKUS agreement, replacing an earlier plan that envisaged a mix of new-build and in-service boats as Canberra works toward establishing its first conventionally armed, nuclear-powered submarine capability. Australia, the United States and the United KingdomContinue reading “Australia’s nuclear sub fleet to be built on used US boats under revised AUKUS plan”

HMAS Eyre Joins The Fleet

May 31, 2026 in Shipping & Sailing The RAN commissions newest Offshore Patrol Vessel HMAS Eyre Yesterday, 30 May 2026, the Royal Australian Navy commissioned HMAS Eyre into the fleet in a ceremony at HMAS Stirling at Garden Island, just south of Fremantle. HMAS Eyre is the second of six planned Arafura class offshore patrol vessels (OPV) to enter service, following the commissioning ofContinue reading “HMAS Eyre Joins The Fleet”

U.S. Coast Guard Patrols Near Scarborough Shoal with Philippine Forces Amid Concerns of Potential Chinese Build-Up

Aaron-Matthew Lariosa – May 31, 2026 6:07 PM A U.S.-Philippine patrol near Scarborough Shoal this week amid Manila’s concerns of potential structures placed by Beijing at the South China Sea hotspot. The exercise from May 26 to 30 was the first time a U.S. Coast Guard vessel joined Philippine forces for a maritime cooperative activity.Continue reading “U.S. Coast Guard Patrols Near Scarborough Shoal with Philippine Forces Amid Concerns of Potential Chinese Build-Up”