This is part of broader plan to transform and roughly double the size of the Royal Australian Navy's major surface combatant fleets ... on when it comes to its future optionally-crewed vessels.

The Australian Navy is set to be transformed. On top of existing plans for nuclear submarines, the government yesterday announced a scheme for an "enhanced lethality surface combatant fleet ...

In February 2024, the government announced a historic expansion of the surface combatant fleet—the destroyers and frigates of the Royal Australian Navy equipped with offensive ... In 2025 a timely ...

Navy Chief Vice Admiral Mark Hammond is welcomed the investment - which comes at a total cost of $54 billion dollars. “This will be the largest surface combatant force we have operated in ...

The Royal Australian Navy has achieved a major milestone in realising an enhanced and lethal surface combatant fleet ... which will be deployed in its Hobart class destroyers and future Navy platforms ...