Japan

Asia-Pacific Air 

GA-ASI to Hold Validation Flights for Japan Coast Guard with SeaGuardian RPAS

July 10, 2020July 10, 2020 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Asia Air Survey (AAS), General Atomics, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc (GA-ASI), General Atomics MQ-9B SeaGuardian, Japan, Japan Coast Guard (JCG), Unmanned Air Vehicle (UAV)

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) will partner with Asia Air Survey (AAS) to hold a series of validation flights

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Asia-Pacific Air 

U.S. Approves $23 Billion Sale of 105 F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Aircraft to Japan

July 10, 2020 Arun Mathew 0 Comments Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA), Fighter aircraft, Foreign Military Sales (FMS), Japan, Japan Self-Defense Forces (JSDF), Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II, USA

The U.S. State Department has approved a possible sale of 105 F-35 Joint Strike Fighter aircraft and related equipment to

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Global GeoPolitics/ Policy 

Australia, Japan, and U.S. Hold Virtual Trilateral Defense Ministerial Meeting

July 9, 2020 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Australia, Japan, USA

Australian Minister for Defence Linda Reynolds, Japanese Minister of Defense KONO Taro, and U.S. Secretary of Defense Mark Esper convened

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Deployments Asia-Pacific 

USS McCampbell Departs Yokosuka Following 13-Year Forward-Deployment

July 5, 2020 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Forward Deployed Naval Forces (FDNF) USA, Japan, U.S. Fleet Activities Yokosuka, U.S. Navy (USN), USA, USS McCampbell (DDG-85)

The U.S. Navy Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS McCampbell (DDG 85) departed Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Japan, July 2, 2020, following

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Air Asia-Pacific 

GE Aviation Awarded $203M Contract to Supply CF6-80C2K1F Propulsion Systems for JASDF C-2 Transport Aircraft

June 29, 2020 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments GE Aviation, General Electric CF6/F103/F138, Japan, Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF), Kawasaki C-2, Turbofan

GE Aviation Distribution Japan has been awarded a contract valued at 18.8 billion Japanese Yen (USD $203 million) from the

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Naval Asia-Pacific 

U.S. Navy, JMSDF Exercise Together in South China Sea

June 24, 2020 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Japan, Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF), JS Kashima (TV-3508), JS Shimayuki (TV-3513), South China Sea, U.S. Navy (USN), USA, USS Gabrielle Giffords (LCS-10)

The U.S. Navy and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) have conducted bilateral exercises while sailing together in the South China

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HLS Asia-Pacific 

Japan’s National Police Agency Orders Five New Airbus H225, H135 Helicopters

June 24, 2020 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Airbus Helicopters, Airbus Helicopters H225, Eurocopter H135/ EC135, Helicopter, Japan, Japan National Police Agency (JPNA), Police aviation

Japan’s National Police Agency (NPA) has ordered one new H225 and four H135 helicopters from Airbus Helicopters as part of

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Misc Asia-Pacific 

Misawa Air Base Conducts Its First USAF-JASDF Joint Bilateral Elephant Walk

June 24, 2020 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Elephant walk, Japan, Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF), Misawa Air Base, U.S. Air Force (USAF)

The U.S. Air Force (USAF) has conducted a joint and bilateral “Elephant Walk” formation with Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF)

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AEW&CS Air Asia-Pacific 

Boeing Awarded $8.5 Million to Upgrade Japan’s E-767 AWACS Fleet with ADS-B Out Capability

June 23, 2020 Arun Mathew 0 Comments AEW&CS, Automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B), AWACS, Boeing, Boeing E-767, Japan, Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF)

Boeing has been awarded a contract modification, worth around $8.5 million, to upgrade Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF)’s fleet of

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Air Americas 

Misawa’s ‘BOB’ Becomes First Block 50 F-16 in U.S. Air Force Inventory to Hit 10,000 Flight Hours

June 21, 2020 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Japan, Lockheed Martin F-16, Misawa Air Base, U.S. Air Force (USAF), USA

A 29-year-old U.S. Air Force Block 50 F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter jet, tail number 808 and affectionately known as “BOB,”

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