The Australian Department of Defence (DoD) has taken delivery of the first Arafura-class offshore patrol vessel (OPV), NUSHIP Arafura, as part of Project SEA 1180. The Arafura-class OPVs are based on ...

initially constructing six 58-metre aluminium monohull patrol boats for the Royal Australian Navy from May 2020, was extended by two vessels in April 2022, and a further two vessels in February 2024.

The Australian Department of Defence has accepted the first Arafura-class Offshore Patrol Vessel, NUSHIP Arafura, for testing ...

Commodore Michael Turner, Navy's Director General ... and safety on the high seas. "Austal Australia concludes trials for RAN’s autonomous patrol boat" was originally created and published ...

Patrol Boat was about the activities of the crew of a Royal Australian Navy patrol boat which patrolled Australia's coastline. The series was produced with the co-operation of the Royal Australian ...

"Securing this contract with the Kuwait Coast Guard, together with our short-listing for the Royal Australian Navy patrol boat project, shows that there is considerable potential for Austal in ...

Australia said on Wednesday it would enlist indigenous Aboriginal rangers to patrol its vast and remote northern coastline amid an influx of illegal fishing boats that have also been used by ...