Royal Australian Navy

"Cold spray" printing technology will be used to maintain Australia's fleet of Collins Class submarines

Military

Australia turns to 3D printing to maintain its submarine fleet

3D printing is set to go to sea in the form of an additive manufacturing technique for repairing submarines. Developed by Australia’s ASC, the cold spray printing technology is intended to repair the Royal Australian Navy's Collins Class submarines.

Survey data showing HMAS AE1 on the sea bed

Marine

Underwater drone finds Australia's first submarine lost for over a century

After 103 years, a robotic submarine has found the wreck of Australia's first submarine, HMAS-AE1, off the coast of the Duke of York Island group in Papua New Guinea using an advanced side-scan sonar system in a joint exercise by the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) and civilian search teams.

Nuship Canberra transiting the waters of Jervis Bay, New South Wales (Photo: RAN)

Military

Largest ship ever built for the Royal Australian Navy begins final sea trials

The largest ship ever built for the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) has taken to sea as it begins its final contractor trials, The 27,800 tonne (30,600 ton) Nuship Canberra is the first of two Land Helicopter Dock (LHD) ships under construction for the Australian Defence Force.

A nuclear submarine could replace Austrlia's aging diesel fleet, such as HMAS Collins (Image: Royal Australian Navy)

Military

Report examines feasibility of nuclear-powered submarines for Australia

A green paper by University College London (UCL) published on August 12 argues that it is entirely feasible for Australia to replace its aging fleet of diesel submarines with nuclear-powered craft for about the same cost as a conventional design.