U.S. Aircraft Carriers Conduct Exercise With JMSDF
Aircraft Carrier strike groups of the U.S. Navy Conducted exercises with the Japanese Navy’s Hyuga-class helicopter destroyer JS Ise.
JMSDF News
Simulator / AI / Drill/ Software
Navy / Maritime
Navy / Maritime
Kawasaki to Design Japan’s Next-generation Submarine
Japan has embarked on a program to design the next-generation submarine, which will be capable of deploying longer-range stand-off missiles with VLS.
Navy / Maritime
Unmanned Systems
Japan Puts Modified JS Kaga DDH On Sea Trials
JMDSF has announced the sea trials of the JS Kaga helicopter carrier (DDH) modified to carry F-35B STOVL fighter jets.
Navy / Maritime
Unmanned Systems
Japanese Navy to Acquire the MQ-9B SeaGuardian
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. (GA-ASI), on March 15, 2023, revealed that the Japanese Navy (Japan Maritime Self-Defence Force/JMSDF) would acquire its MQ-9B SeaGuardian MALE UAV. The JMSDF would first conduct a trial operation in April 2023.
Navy / Maritime
More Information About Japanese ASEV
Japanese Navy continues to invest in counterbalancing evolving threats in the region. Tokyo would like to strengthen its surface fleet with more capable and larger ships. In this line, Japan Maritime Self-Defence Forces (JMSDF) is planning to acquire ASEV (Aegis System Equipped Vessels). More information about the project has been published.
Bilateral Relations
Unmanned Systems
USAF to Deploy MQ-9 Reapers to Japan for the First Time
The U.S. Air Force (USAF) will deploy eight unarmed MQ-9 Reaper UAVs to the Japan Maritime Self-Defence Force (JMSDF)’s Kanoya Air Base in Kagoshima Prefecture on Kyushu from late October, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) in Tokyo has announced.
Navy / Maritime
Japan Gets its Third Taigei for JMSDF
Japan continues to submarine building. The third Taigei Class submarine, Jingei (515), was launched with a ceremony held at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries.
Navy / Maritime
Japan Signs Contract For 12 New Naval OPVs
Japan’s Ministry of Defence announced that a company had been selected to build the next-generation Offshore Patrol Vessels (OPV) that the JMSDF will operate.
Navy / Maritime
Japan has commissioned the flagship of the new Mogami-class frigate
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) of Japan delivered the lead ship of the Mogami-class multi-mission stealth frigates to Japan Maritime Self-Defence Force (JMSDF), who commissioned the new ship as the JS Mogami (FFM-1). On April 28, 2022, the delivery and commissioning ceremonies at MHI's Nagasaki shipyard.
Navy / Maritime
Japan Commissions the First new Mogami-class Frigate, JS Kumano
The Japan Maritime Self-Defence Force (JMSDF) has commissioned its first new Mogami-class frigate.
Navy / Maritime
Japan Commissions the First Taigei-class Diesel-Electric Attack Submarine
In a ceremony held on March 9 in Hyogo Prefecture, west-central Japan, the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) commissioned the first of the new Taigei-class diesel-electric attack submarines (SSK).
Navy / Maritime
Japan JMSDF Introduces The fourth FFM Mogami-Class Frigate ‘Mikuma’
Japanese shipyard Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) launched the fourth Mogami-class vessel, “Mikuma,” in Nagasaki. It is a next-generation frigate also known as FFM for the Japan Maritime Self-Defence Force (JMSDF).
