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BAE Systems To Jointly Develop Sixth-Gen Fighter Jets With MHI
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East Asia and Pacific Region
Japan Commissions First-in-Class FFM Frigate ‘Mogami ’
Japanese shipbuilder Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. held a delivery ceremony and a self-defense ship flag raising ceremony for the first-in-class frigate ‘Mogami’. The event took place today at the MHI shipyard in Nagasaki. The […]
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Japan’s Coast Guard to Purchase MQ-9B SeaGuardian UAV
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) has been selected by the Japan Coast Guard to provide MQ-9B SeaGuardian for its Remotely Piloted Aircraft System (RPAS) project. SeaGuardian features a multi-mode maritime surface-search radar with an inverse synthetic […]
East Asia and Pacific Region
Japan’s new Mogami-class frigate enters service
Kumano named after the Kumano river in the Kii Peninsula of central Japan, located in Nara, Wakayama and Mie Prefectures) was launched by local shipbuilder Mitsui E & S Shipbuilding Co., Ltd in Okayama in November […]
East Asia and Pacific Region
Japanese Navy Commissions The First Taigei Class Submarine
The event was posted on the official Twitter account of the JMSDF on March 09. “Taigei” (previously known as 29SS) is the first submarine of its class, and its name means “Great Whale” in Japanese […]
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Boeing Awarded A Contract to Upgrade Japan’s F-15J
The Japanese Ministry of Defense (MoD) plans to upgrade 68 Boeing-Mitsubishi F-15J Eagle fighter aircraft through the Japan Super Interceptor (JSI) programme, it confirmed on 4 February. The Japanese government has included the modernization of […]
Defense Industry
Japan’s defense industry struggles to export arms in global markets
Although Japan has shored up its defenses against strategic threats, the country’s arms industry, which lags behind in military technology, is facing challenges both at home and overseas. Japan’s military needs more advanced aircraft and […]
East Asia and Pacific Region
Australia, Japan Sign Historic Defense Pact
Australia and Japan signs a treaty to beef up defence and security cooperation at a virtual summit today, in the latest move to strengthen ties amid China’s rising military power and economic clout in the […]
Defense Industry
Japan Approves Highest Ever Defense Budget
Japan’s Ministry of Defense (MoD) Japan’s Ministry of Defense (MoD) announced the outline of the FY2022 defense budget on December 24, 2021. According to the MoD, the budget for FY2022 will be designed as a […]
East Asia and Pacific Region
Japan launches fourth multi-mission Mogami-class frigate
The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) has revealed that its fourth Mogami-class frigate Mikuma was launched on 10 December at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries’ Nagasaki Shipyard & Machinery Works. As informed, the JMSDF has also held the […]