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Maritime

Babcock - AUT
Defence

Babcock and AUT launch new partnership to grow New Zealand’s maritime engineering sector

March 2, 2023

Babcock and Auckland University of Technology (AUT) today signed an agreement to collaborate on scholarships, internships and joint research projects to advance knowledge, research and collaboration to grow New Zealand’s maritime engineering sector. As a […]

Kraken
Defence

Kraken partners with Leonardo to enhance sub-surface capability of K50 fast-boat platform

February 15, 2023

British maritime technology company Kraken Technology Group (KTG) announces the signing of a partnership agreement with Leonardo, the global high-technology company in Aerospace, Defence and Security. The new partnership reflects several areas of collaboration and […]

The Cube
Defence

SH Defence and Navantia sign MoU for development of modular Cube system

January 17, 2023

Modular Cube system is the subject of a new memorandum of understanding (MoU) inked recently between SH Defence and Navantia. Danish equipment provider SH Defence and Spain’s Navantia have signed an MoU to explore the […]

Thetis Class
Defence

Modularity: What our partners are doing to build future-focused navies

January 4, 2023

The Royal Navy’s pursuit of capability adaptability should re-assure our own defence policy makers that modularity is worth investigating, writes maritime capability specialist and former Royal New Zealand Navy Officer Andrew Watts. This article is […]

Mark-Worsfold
Defence

Navy leader joins Babcock to lead Strategic Maritime Partnership with NZDF

November 21, 2022

Mark Worsfold MNZM has joined Babcock Australasia as Program Director – Strategic Maritime Partnerships last week after 35 years’ service with the Royal New Zealand Navy, his most recent role as Logistics Commander (Maritime). In […]

MQ-9B SeaGuardian
Defence

RIMPAC 2022 underscores game-changing value of MQ-9B SeaGuardian

October 6, 2022

New and current Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) prove ready for new roles and missions in major international naval exercise. Unmanned aircraft have always contained virtually limitless promise, though sometimes people need to be able to […]

KALAAT BEN ABBES
Defence

What the Australian Defence Strategic Review could mean for New Zealand naval force structure

April 28, 2022

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Ex HMNZS Rotoiti and Pukaki
Defence

Babcock and NZDF partnership to deliver $15M injection into NZ economy

March 15, 2022

Local New Zealand businesses are set to reap the benefits of a partnership between Babcock and the New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) which will conduct maintenance and upgrade works on two decommissioned Royal New Zealand […]

Maritime Fleet Sustainment Service
Contracts

Babcock awarded NZDF Maritime Fleet Sustainment Service contract

February 24, 2022

Babcock has been awarded a further seven and a half year Maritime Fleet Sustainment Service contract – Hāpai Taua Manuao – by the New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF), further strengthening its relationship with the Royal […]

AUKUS announcement
Defence

Deeper Thinking Needed – AUKUS and Them

January 27, 2022

There’s been very little analysis on what the AUKUS announcement means for New Zealand’s defence and for decisions around maritime capability, writes former Opposition Spokesperson for Defence and Veterans Chris Penk MP.* It’s now been […]

HMNZS Te Kaha.
Defence

Sustained Presence: The Royal New Zealand Navy and the Grey Zone

November 10, 2021

Future maritime conflict will be conducted in the grey zone. It’s a reality that New Zealand cannot ignore, and it has implications for the next generation of naval capability, writes maritime capability specialist and former Royal […]

SD Victoria
Defence

Serco Defence brings Design, Build, Operate and Maintain expertise to region

September 30, 2021

According to Serco Defence’s Clint Thomas and Clinton Williams, international naval shipbuilding experience provides the defence prime with an understanding of future naval support operations, scale and capability that few can match. RADM (Ret’d) Clint […]

HMNZS Manawanui
Defence

Modularity and the Shape of New Zealand’s Next Naval Fleet

September 26, 2021

Emerging naval doctrine supports the idea of a future navy based on modularity, writes maritime capability specialist and former Royal New Zealand Navy Officer Andrew Watts. This article is part of Line of Defence Magazine’s […]

HMNZS Te Kaha
Defence

SEA wins RNZN frigate communications system upgrade contract

September 19, 2021

UK defence and security electronic system specialist SEA announced on 13 September that it had been awarded a contract by New Zealand’s Ministry of Defence (MoD) for the first phase of upgrading the communications systems […]

Babcock Arrowhead 140
Defence

Building New Zealand’s Future Navy: Beyond ‘like for like’ replacement

September 10, 2021

The need to replace half of the RNZN’s fleet by the mid 2030s presents a rare opportunity to move away from simply considering like for like replacements, writes Editor-at-large Peter Greener, and to consider newer […]

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