The Department of State has approved a potential sale of Standard Missile 6 (SM-6) to the Government of Japan. While the contents of the deal have not been fully finalized,… Continue reading "United States Approves Possible Sale of SM-6 to Japan"
Official British government sources revealed that China may have recruited as many as 30 former military pilots from the United Kingdom to help instruct flyers of the People’s Liberation Army… Continue reading "UK Government Responds to Reports of Former British Pilots Training Chinese Pilots"
The United States Marine Corps has chosen Kaman as the winner of its Medium Unmanned Logistics Systems – Air (MULS-A) program. The company will now be tasked with developing a… Continue reading "USMC Selects Kaman to Build Logistics Drone Prototype"
On 11 October, following talks between Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi and their Canadian counterpart Melanie Joly, Ottawa and Tokyo announced a new “Japan-Canada Action Plan” aimed at realizing the… Continue reading "Canada and Japan Discussing Intelligence Sharing Agreement"
The U.S. Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) announced that the U.S. Department of State has approved the sale of approximately $3 billion worth of National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile System (NASAMS),… Continue reading "US State Department Approves A Potential $3 Billion Sale Of NASAMS and MRADS for Kuwait"
Mitsubishi Electric announced the completion of the first air defense radar destined for the Philippines on Tuesday. Pre-export inspections for the radars were done, and going forward personnel from the… Continue reading "First Japanese Air Defense Radar For the Philippines Completed"
According to a recent government announcement, the Japanese Ministry of Defense will stop accepting military students from Myanmar for its training program from the 2023 fiscal year onward. Japan had… Continue reading "Japan Will Stop Accepting Military Students from Myanmar"
The United States Air Force announced Thursday that it had awarded Raytheon Missiles and Defense a $985.3 million cost-plus-fixed fee contract to develop the Hypersonic Attack Cruise Missile. The HACM… Continue reading "Raytheon Awarded Hypersonic Attack Cruise Missile Development Contract"
The United Nation’s International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) finalized a new report on the US-UK-Australia AUKUS alliance, drawing sharp criticism from China. The report looked into Australia’s nuclear submarine acquisition… Continue reading "China Protests IAEA’s Favorable Review of AUKUS Alliance"
The 2022 edition of the Japan India Maritime Exercise 2022 (JIMEX2022) was conducted from September 11-17 in the Bay of Bengal and Andaman Sea. The sixth edition of the exercise,… Continue reading "Japan-India Maritime Exercise JIMEX 2022 Conducted With Nine Vessels and Aircraft"