A destroyer of the Royal Australian Navy is making a port call at Yokosuka, south of Tokyo, to receive maintenance in Japan for the first time.

Beijing disputes the status of the South China Sea as international waters, claiming the important waterway as its sovereign ...

SYDNEY/TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan clinched a landmark A$10 billion ($6.5 billion) deal on Tuesday to build warships for Australia, marking Tokyo's most consequential defence sale since ending a military ...

China's military has admitted to tracking Australian and Canadian ships, accusing the countries of 'provocative actions' in the Taiwan Strait. The Australian destroyer HMAS Brisbane and the Canadian ...

The Australian Department of Defence (DoD) has awarded contracts to Saab Australia to develop and deliver a combat management system (CMS) for the Royal Australian Navy's (RAN's) upgraded Anzac-class ...

The Navy suspended its active search for a sailor assigned to an aircraft carrier who officials believe went overboard earlier this week north of mainland Australia. The service announced that it had ...

The Royal Australian Navy's (RAN's) second Canberra-class amphibious assault ship HMAS Adelaide has embarked the Australian ...

On August 5, 2025, the Australian government announced its decision to procure Mogami-class frigates from Japan’s Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI), costing roughly A$10 billion total (about US$6.5 ...

Australian Defense Minister Richard Marles has toured a Japanese navy frigate of the same Japan-made model that Australia has chosen for its new fleet, as the two countries step up military ties to de ...

Philippine, Australian and Canadian warships capped this year’s Exercise ALON (Amphibious and Land Operations) activities at sea with a multilateral maritime drill near Panatag (Scarborough) Shoal in ...