Items Tagged With "Navy"
Minister welcomes Navy moves to update battle honours (News)
Minister for Defence, Senator John Faulkner, says Navy's decision to revise and update campaign and battle honours awarded to Royal Australian Navy (RAN) units is an historic milestone.
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Minister for Defence, Senator John Faulkner, says Navy's decision to revise and update campaign and battle honours awarded to Royal Australian Navy (RAN) units is an historic milestone.
HMAS Voyager remembered (News)
In Australia’s greatest peacetime naval disaster, 82 lives were lost when the Voyager and HMAS Melbourne collided off the south-east coast of Australia in 1964.
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Australia’s greatest peacetime naval disaster, HMAS Voyager, will be remembered today, 46 years on.
Minister for Veterans’ Affairs Alan Griffin said 82 lives were lost when the Voyager and HMAS Melbourne collided off the south-east coast of Australia in 1964.
“On the evening of 10 February 1964, Melbourne, an aircraft carrier, and Voyager, a Daring Class Destroyer, were taking part in training exercises off the coast of Jervis Bay, south east of Sydney when disaster struck,” Mr Griffin said.
Leadership program for Navy women (News)
The Navy's successful Women's Leadership Program will be conducted again in 2010 and will include, for the first time, a women's mentoring program for an additional 50 Navy women.
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The Australian Government has welcomed the results of a new initiative to enhance female leadership in the Royal Australian Navy by expanding the program.
Greg Combet, Minister for Defence Personnel, Materiel and Science, said that the Government is committed to improving opportunities for women in the ADF to undertake leadership roles.
"The Navy Women's Leadership Program was conducted throughout 2009 with 28 women and was the first program of its kind in the ADF," Mr Combet said.
Reforms to naval ship repair sector (News)
The reforms will lead to greater certainty in the naval ship repair sector, allowing for increased investment and better performance. This is good for jobs, good for the taxpayer and good for the Navy.
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Greg Combet, Minister for Defence Personnel, Materiel and Science, today announced reforms to Australia's naval ship repair sector that will help deliver better results for the Navy and more certainty for defence industry.
"These reforms being announced today will lead to greater certainty in the naval ship repair sector allowing for increased investment and better performance. This is good for jobs, good for the taxpayer and good for the Navy," Mr Combet said.
Upgraded Guided Missile Frigates (News)
The Defence Materiel Organisation had received the Chief of Navy's agreement to take the upgraded Guided Missile Frigates into a formal program of Naval Operational Test and Evaluation.
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Minister for Defence, Senator John Faulkner, today announced the Defence Materiel Organisation (DMO) had received the Chief of Navy's agreement to take the upgraded Guided Missile Frigates (FFGs) into a formal program of Naval Operational Test and Evaluation.
Senator Faulkner made the announcement at the opening of the Pacific 2010 International Maritime Congress in Sydney.
Navy's air defence capability now stronger (News)
HMAS Melbourne has fired a Standard Missile off Jervis Bay, demonstrating an updated Naval Air Defence capability for the Royal Australian Navy which will be further enhanced over the next year.
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Greg Combet, Minister for Defence Personnel, Materiel and Science today announced that HMAS Melbourne has fired a Standard Missile (SM 2) in the East Australian Exercise Area off Jervis Bay.
“The launch of the SM 2 demonstrates an updated Naval Air Defence capability for the Royal Australian Navy (RAN), which will be further enhanced over the next year,” Mr Combet said.
“This missile firing was the first time a SM 2 has been fired from an Adelaide class frigate. The missile was prepared, launched and supported in flight before engaging a target.
