Key Points and Summary - Australia's Collins-class submarines, once plagued by design flaws, were upgraded into formidable diesel-electric boats. -In famous early 2000s wargames, they repeatedly "sank ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Royal Australian Navy's HMAS Waller, a Collins-class diesel-electric submarine, is seen in Sydney Harbour on Nov. 2, 2016.

Growing concerns over a "capability gap" that could leave Australia exposed without a submarine fleet is leading some defence industry and policy figures to argue the country needs to think about an ...

"You can absolutely have two constrained optimal pathways," new Defence Secretary Meghan Quinn told Greens Senator David ...

Canberra has announced the start of a life-of-type extension (LOTE) programme for the Royal Australian Navy's (RAN's) Collins-class submarines. Australia's Minister for Defence Richard Marles and ...

France on Tuesday beat off competition from Germany and Japan to win a Aus$50 billion (US$39 billion) contract to design and build Australia’s next generation of submarines, in a decision Tokyo called ...

Submariners who almost died aboard the flooded HMAS Dechaineux have called on young Australians to sign up to crew the new ...