National Jun 29, 2021
Tokyo judged that the SPY-7 radar is better in terms of performance and costs based on explanations by the U.S side. But costs may balloon as the ships will now have to be built bigger.
National Jun 20, 2021
Japan considers dropping plan to procure U.S.-made anti-ship missiles
Officials said scrapping the plan to procure the long-range anti-ship missiles (LRASM) for the ASDF's F-15 fighter jets would save billions of yen amid ballooning costs.
National Dec 18, 2020
Japan will work with Lockheed Martin on new fighter jet, Defense Ministry says
The Defense Ministry weighed the American aerospace giant's experience in delivering the U.S. military's mainstay F-22 and F-35 stealth fighters when narrowing down potential partners.
National Nov 11, 2020
Lockheed exec says Aegis radar 'fully capable' for MSDF vessels
by Reito Kaneko
Given that a sea-based option is now more likely, some LDP lawmakers have raised concern that interoperability between the Maritime Self-Defense Force and the U.S. Navy may be undermined.
Asia Pacific Oct 26, 2020
China to sanction Boeing and Raytheon over arms sales to Taiwan
China will impose unspecified sanctions on the defense unit of Boeing Co., Lockheed Martin Corp., and Raytheon Technologies Corp. after the U.S. approved $1.8 billion in arms sales to Taiwan last week. The sanctions will be imposed "in order to uphold national interests,” Chinese Foreign ...
National Jul 30, 2020
As Japan mulls missile defense, Raytheon lobbies for Lockheed’s radar deal
by Tim Kelly and Yoshifumi Takemoto
Under Abe, the nation has strengthened its military to deter threats from neighbors, including North Korea and China.
National Oct 26, 2019
Investment is increasing as nuclear weapons states such as the United States and Russia are advancing arms expansion and developing weapons, the report’s author said.
Business / Tech Oct 23, 2019
Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin partners with Lockheed and others on moon lander
U.S. billionaire Jeff Bezos said on Tuesday his space company Blue Origin has signed agreements with Lockheed Martin Corp., Northrop Grumman Corp. and research and development organization Draper for development of its lunar lander designed to help NASA put humans on the moon by ...
National Aug 21, 2019
Japan considers moving up development of next-generation fighter jet to 2020
Japan is considering beginning development of next-generation fighter jet in fiscal 2020 — one year earlier than planned — to succeed the Air Self-Defense Force's F-2s, which are expected to be retired in the 2030s, governmental sources said Wednesday. The Defense Ministry had intended to ...
National May 7, 2019
Flight data recorder from Japan's crashed F-35A retrieved, but key data still missing
by Reiji Yoshida
The Defense Ministry has retrieved part of the flight data recorder from a F-35A stealth fighter that went missing last month, but it was heavily damaged and also did not include a storage device to record speed and altitude data, Defense Minister Takeshi Iwaya ...
National | FOCUS Apr 11, 2019
Stealthy, numerous and expensive: Examining the F-35 following ASDF crash off north Japan
by Gerry Doyle
The F-35A that crashed into the sea off Aomori Prefecture on Tuesday was one of a growing global fleet of advanced stealth aircraft sold to U.S. allies, and among the first to be assembled in Japan. There are already about twice as many copies of ...
Asia Pacific / Politics Apr 1, 2019
Trump's sale of F-16 fighters to Taiwan seen making China nervous politically
The U.S. may finally sell Taiwan the warplanes it has sought for more than a decade to defend against China. Their arrival would deal more of a political shock than a military blow to Beijing. Trump administration officials have given tacit approval to Taipei's request ...