Japan’s First Boeing KC-46 Tanker Performs Maiden Flight
The first Boeing KC-46 tanker destined for the Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) took to the skies on its maiden
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Japanese Navy Submarine Collides with Commercial Vessel While Surfacing, Three Crew Members Injured
A Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) Soryu-class submarine collided with a commercial vessel leaving three crew members injured, Japan Times
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U.S. Space Force, Japan’s Office of National Space Policy Sign MoU to Launch Two U.S. Payloads on Quasi-Zenith Satellite System
The U.S. Space Force and Japan’s Office of National Space Policy signed an historic Memorandum of Understanding this week to
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USNS Alan Shepard Conducts Freedom of Navigation Operation Near Japan
The U.S. Navy Lewis and Clark-class dry cargo ship USNS Alan Shepard (T-AKE 3) asserted navigational rights and freedoms in
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Patria AMVXP 8×8 Test Vehicles on Way to Japan
Patria AMVXP 8×8 wheeled armoured vehicles have now been sent from Finland to Japan for test purposes, the company announced.
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Kongsberg Awarded Second Follow-On Contract from Japan for Joint Strike Missile (JSM)
Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace AS has entered into a second follow-on contract with Japan to supply Joint Strike Missile (JSM)
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Japan Launches JDRS-1 Data Relay Satellite Abroad H-IIA Launch Vehicle
Japan’s Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) Launch Services launched JDRS-1 joint military and civilian data relay satellite abroad an H-IIA rocket.
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Thales to Deliver SAMDIS High Frequency Sonars for MHI OZZ-5 Unmanned Underwater Vehicle
Thales and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) signed a contract for the delivery of High Frequency Synthetic Aperture Sonar (HFSAS) SAMDIS
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Phase II of Exercise Malabar 2020 Concludes
Maritime forces from Australia, India, Japan, and the United States completed Phase II of the multi-lateral naval exercise, Malabar 2020,
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Mitsui E&S Launches Japan’s New 30FFM Multi-Mission Frigate JS Kumano
Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding (Mitsui E&S) launched the new 30FFM multi-mission frigate JS Kumano (FFM-2) for the Japan Maritime Self-Defense
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Japan Begins V-22 Flight Operations at Kisarazu Air Field
Japanese Self-Defense Forces began V-22 flight operations at Kisarazu Air Field Nov.6, marking the first international partner to fly the
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