Images taken by local photographers show that Japan started testing a new unmanned surface vessel (USV) currently under development for the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF).
Maritime forces from Australia, Japan, India, and the United States began phase 1 of cooperative maritime exercise MALABAR 2021 in the Philippine Sea, August 26.
On June 25, 2021, the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) DDH Izumo arrived at its home port, Yokosuka in Kanagawa Prefecture, after a year and three months of modifications.
On July 1, 2021, Japan’s Acquisition, Technology Logistics Agency (ATLA) released a video on the latest and future equipment of the Japan Self-Defense Forces (JSDF).
Maritime forces from Australia, Japan, Republic of Korea, and the United States met in the waters off the eastern coast of Australia to conduct cooperative maritime exercise Pacific Vanguard (PACVAN) 2021 beginning July 5.
DSME is pitching its DSME 3000, to India for the country’s Project 75I-class (P75I) programme.
On May 18, 2021, Lieutenant Junior Grade Risa Takenouchi became the first female officer to serve on a submarine in the history of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF).
Interview with the Chief of Staff of the French Navy, Admiral Pierre Vandier, about the role of the Marine Nationale in the Indo-Pacific.
PHILIPPINE SEA – Combined logistics planning by the French Navy, Japan Maritime Self Defense Force (JMSDF) and the U.S. Navy culminated in ships from each country exercising its ability to sustain each other at sea.
Japan’s Ministry of Defense (MOD) is trying to build unique ships that will specialize in ballistic missile defense (BMD) using systems originally procured for a land-based installation known as “Aegis Ashore”.
