All articles by Grant Turnbull

Video feature: US Navy’s F-35C makes flawless first carrier landing

Just after midday on 3 November, Navy test pilot Cmdr. Tony Wilson landed his F-35C test aircraft - designated CF-03…
Turning Japanese: Australia’s next-gen submarine u-turn

2014 will be a landmark year for Australia's submarine service. Submariners will celebrate 100 years since the Royal Australian Navy's…
Quality vs. quantity – should navies scrap high-tech ships?

It's a well-worn phrase for today's politicians and top brass that you can do more with less. Why has the…
Video feature: Royal Navy’s HMS Artful makes first dive

HMS Artful's maiden dive was part of a two-day operation known as a 'trim and incline test', which proves the…
Radical shake up planned for Australia’s Hobart-class destroyers

Defence minister David Johnston told the ABC - Australia's public broadcaster - on Wednesday that no decision had been made…

Boeing’s Maritime Surveillance Aircraft: P-8 capabilities on a budget

Since last year, Boeing has worked with Ontario-based Field Aviation to convert a Bombardier Challenger 604 business jet into what…
HMS Queen Elizabeth – the beating heart of Britain’s strategic armada

On 4 July, Queen Elizabeth II christened the first-ever aircraft carrier to bear her name. In a symbolic gesture to…
The geopolitics behind RIMPAC, the world’s largest naval exercise

An armada of ships lines the piers at Naval Station Pearl Harbor, a sprawling military facility located just a few…
HMS Queen Elizabeth – Britain’s huge new aircraft carrier christened

Hundreds of workers who helped build HMS Queen Elizabeth were joined by Britain's Prime Minister, David Cameron, and a host…
Commission signals support for UK Trident renewal

Set up by the nuclear disarmament think-tank British American Security Information Council (BASIC), the commission's final report says the crucial…