The Defense Ministry-affiliated Acquisition, Technology and Logistics Agency on Wednesday set up a dedicated team to develop the successor to Japan's retiring F-2 fighter jet. The team will be led by an Air Self-Defense Force major general working in the position of equipment development officer ...
Japan and others to urge U.S. arms program to fix sloppy service
Japan and 10 other countries are set to ask the United States to improve the way it manages its military sales program to address equipment-delivery delays and the slow return of excess payments, government sources say. Worried about its deployment plans being affected by the ...
Japan rejecting foreign suitors in favor of homegrown stealth jet, sources say
Japan wants to develop a stealth fighter domestically, rejecting designs from Lockheed Martin Corp. and Boeing Co. in the United States and Britain's BAE Systems PLC, three sources with knowledge of the program said. That would put Japan's leading defense contractor, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, in ...
Mitsubishi Electric to export radar to Philippines in first defense package deal since ban lifted
Mitsubishi Electric Corp. won an order to deliver air radar systems to the Philippines for about ¥10 billion ($90 million), in the first defense product export from Japan, excluding parts, since its long-held arms trade ban was eased in 2014, a government source said ...
Pentagon successfully tests nuclear-capable hypersonic missile
The United States announced Friday it had successfully tested an unarmed prototype of a hypersonic missile, a nuclear-capable weapon that could accelerate the arms race among three superpowers. The Pentagon said a test glide vehicle flew at hypersonic speeds — more than five times the ...
China steps up training and development, firing over 100 missiles in 2019 — far more than U.S.
China fired well over a hundred ballistic missiles last year for development and operational training purposes, sources close to the matter said Saturday. The number of missile firings by China in 2019 far exceeded those by the United States and Russia, underscoring Beijing's stepped-up measures ...
A group of 42 countries including Japan and the U.S. have agreed to add military-grade software and manufacturing technology for weapons-capable chip parts to an international list of items subject to export controls in an effort to counter cyberattacks and other threats, sources ...
Japan's curbs on foreign ownership to cover 12 sectors, sources say
The government’s final plan to tighten scrutiny of foreign investment will affect about 400 to 500 listed Japanese firms, sources say.
Global defense spending saw its biggest jump in a decade in 2019, driven by the U.S. and China, a study said Friday, as rivalries and conflicts stoke military investment. The International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) said the 4 percent rise, compared to a year ...
Mitsubishi Electric hack began in China in March 2019, defense contractor says
The cyberattack against Mitsubishi Electric Corp. began in March last year and originally targeted a server in China, a report by the machinery-maker and major defense contractor says. The server was hacked on March 18, 2019, and infected with malware that can be controlled remotely, ...
Defense info may have leaked from cyberattacks on Mitsubishi Electric
The Defense Ministry has said that defense-related information may have leaked following cyberattacks on Mitsubishi Electric Corp. last year. The ministry is closely investigating whether it will have an impact on national security, it said Monday. Information pertaining to bidding for contracts on defense equipment research, ...
Former ASDF colonel indicted over defense leak involving E-2D early warning plane
Tokyo prosecutors indicted on Friday a former Air Self-Defense Force officer for allegedly leaking confidential information on a U.S.-made military aircraft to unauthorized individuals. According to the indictment, former ASDF Col. So Kanno, 58, showed two people including a trading house employee data on the ...
