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Japan Plans Selling F-15 Jets to US to Fund F-35 Fighter Purchase

December 24, 2018 @ 11:31 AM

The Japanese government is considering selling some of its F-15 jets to the United States to raise funds...

Japan Plans to Buy 147 F-35 Fighters Jets in Next Decade

December 19, 2018 @ 11:45 AM

In what appears to be the largest F-35 order outside of the United States, Japan plans to buy...

Japan to Re-designate Aircraft Carrier as 'Multi-purpose Operation Destroyer'

December 9, 2018 @ 08:13 AM

Japanese ruling party's team working on revising the National Defense Program Guidelines (NDPG) have decided to re-designate ‘Izumo...

Japan Buying Southern Island for US Carrier Aircraft Landing Practice

November 30, 2018 @ 11:01 AM

The Japanese government is close to buying an uninhabited island in the south-western Kagoshima Prefecture to allow United...

Airbus Helicopters To Add A New MRO Complex In Japan

November 29, 2018 @ 10:33 AM

Airbus Helicopters will add a new Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) complex adjacent to its existing facility in...

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Japan Mulls Modifying Helicopter Carrier to Operate Fighter Jets, May order 100 F-35s

November 27, 2018 @ 02:09 PM

Japan is considering the modification of its ‘Izumo helicopter carrier to be able to land and operate the...

US DSCA Approves Sale of 32 AMRAAM Missiles to Japan for $63M

November 21, 2018 @ 09:27 AM

The United States has approved sale of 32 AIM-120C-7 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAM) for an estimated...

Northrop Grumman to Supply Three Global Hawk UAVs to Japan for $489M

November 20, 2018 @ 10:26 AM

Northrop Grumman has won $489 million contract for the supply of three RQ-4 Global Hawk block 30i air...

US Approves Sale of $561M worth Ship-launched SM-3 Missiles to Japan

November 20, 2018 @ 04:04 AM

The US State Department has approved a possible sale to Japan of eight Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) Block 1B...

Japan postpones V-22 Osprey Delivery Amidst Safety Concerns

November 17, 2018 @ 01:15 PM

Unable to win local support for deployment of V-22 Ospreys to Saga airport in southwestern Japan, the Japanese...

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