Two Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF) helicopters crashed late on April 20 during nighttime training near the Izu Islands, leaving one crew member dead...
Japan’s biggest defense company, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI), has outlined plans for future growth through development investment in new major national defense projects, including...
AdvertisementThe Japanese Defense Ministry has announced that all eight U.S. MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), currently deployed at the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force...
AdvertisementOn October 4, Japan’s Defense Minister Kihara Minoru announced that Tokyo will acquire hundreds of U.S.-made Tomahawk cruise missiles as early as fiscal year...
AdvertisementFrom August to October 2022, the German Air Force conducted its first large-scale deployment in the Indo-Pacific region, known as Rapid Pacific. This was...
SAN DIEGO, CA, July 14, 2023 - (ACN Newswire) - General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA ASI) today announced that its family of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS), which...
AdvertisementOn June 8, the Japanese Ministry of Defense (MoD) announced it had for the first time identified a new type of Y-9 intelligence gathering...
SAN DIEGO, CA, May 4, 2023 - (ACN Newswire) - On May 1, 2023, the Royal Air Force (RAF) began training its first cohort of pilots, sensor operators,...
AdvertisementFor the first time, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) and Kawasaki Heavy Industries (KHI) have unveiled in public the prototypes of their respective laser systems...
AdvertisementThe Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) has commissioned the second of its Taigei-class diesel-electric attack submarines (SSK), which feature better underwater endurance than its...