Japan’s Mogami-class Frigates Will Start Getting VLS in FY 2024
MHI will start delivering the Mk 41 VLS for a planned fleet of 12 Mogami-class multirole frigate for the JMSDF in fiscal year 2024.
15 Mar 2024
MHI will start delivering the Mk 41 VLS for a planned fleet of 12 Mogami-class multirole frigate for the JMSDF in fiscal year 2024.
08 Mar 2024
The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) has commissioned the third of its Taigei-class diesel-electric attack submarines (SSK).
15 Feb 2024
Ishigaki city of Okinawa prefecture, Japan has declined a request for a U.S. Navy missile destroyer to enter the city’s port in mid-March, forcing the American warship to anchor off the coast of Ishigaki Island and then bring the crew ashore, sources familiar with this matter told Naval News on February 13.
08 Feb 2024
A U.S. Navy missile destroyer plans to call on Ishigaki island, Japan. This would mark the first-ever visit by a U.S. Navy's destroyer to the politically sensitive island.
27 Jan 2024
The Chinese Navy’s North Sea Fleet has deployed land-based YJ-62 anti-ship cruise missiles in a coastal city in Shandong province. The move is likely a first and has implications for the strategic Yellow Sea...
18 Jan 2024
Japan signed a $1.7 Billion contract with the US for the procurement of 400 Tomahawks land attack cruise missiles.
29 Dec 2023
The Japanese Ministry of Defense (MoD) announced on December 22 that it has completed the development of new SH-60L naval combat helicopters on order for Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force to succeed the Mitsubishi/Sikorsky SH-60K.
27 Dec 2023
The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) has begun sea trials of its helicopter carrier JS Kaga (DDH 184) after undergoing major modifications of the vessel to operate the F-35B fighter jets, the JMSDF announced on December 25.
22 Dec 2023
Japan approved $55.9 billion defense spending for fiscal year 2024 amid the increasingly tense security environment in the Indo-Pacific region...
19 Dec 2023
The Japanese MoD announced it has secured $2.5 billion (373.1 billion yen) for fiscal year 2024 to build two Aegis system equipped vessels (ASEV) for the JMSDF.