On June 11, the Japanese Defense Ministry announced two Chinese J-15 fighter jets made “unusual approaches” to the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) P-3C maritime
Japanese tech company Fujitsu has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Lockheed Martin to produce power supply components of the AN/SPY-7(V)1 solid state radar
Japanese shipbuilder Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) held a delivery ceremony and a “self-defense ship flag raising ceremony” today for the Niyodo (によど). The event means the
In March, Japan’s Ministry of Defense Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics Agency (ATLA) awarded two major contracts to Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI), totaling over 151 billion
The new offshore patrol vessels (OPV) will be built at a very high pace: The first and second vessels are scheduled to be launched in
Japan has started installing the first Mk 41 vertical launching system (VLS) for a planned fleet of 12 Mogami-class multirole frigates (also known as FFM)
Japan awards Mitsubishi Heavy Industries $219 million contract for homegrown version of Tomahawk missile. MHI received yet another major contract to develop new standoff missiles,
Japanese Defense Minister Gen Nakatani has announced that Tokyo proposed joint production of the Standard Missile 6 (SM-6) ship-to-air missile during his meeting with U.S.
On March 24, the Japanese Ministry of Defense established a new Self-Defense Forces Maritime Transport Group, a joint unit of the Ground and Maritime Self-Defense
The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) has announced that it has acquired two types of underwater gliders : The SeaExplorer X2 and the Slocum G3.
