The Royal Australian Navy (RAN) has conducted its first test firing of a Tomahawk land-attack sea-launched cruise missile, taking a major step towards introducing the weapons system into operationa...

The Japanese Ministry of Defense (MoD) announced on 6 December that it had conducted a series of ground- and ship-based test firings of an improved version of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (J...

While it might seem inconceivable ten years ago, Japan’s Self-Defense Forces (SDF) now routinely conducts joint military exercises with European powers in the Indo-Pacific. Many of these exercises ...

On January 10, Japan Infra Waymark (JIW), a drone-based infrastructure inspection company founded by NTT West Corporation in 2019, announced the launch of beta trials for its infrastructure inspect...

On January 14, Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. (KHI) announced that, in collaboration with the Japan UAS Industry Development Association (JUIDA) [1], it had demonstrated the supply transport capab...

On December 27, the Cabinet of Japan approved a historic defense budget of 8.7 trillion yen (approximately 55 billion USD). On the same day, the Japan Ministry of Defense (JMOD) released its latest...

On December 26, Space Entertainment Laboratory, Inc., a Japanese small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) specializing in the development of fixed-wing drones for maritime operations, announced its ...

On December 27, the Japan Ministry of Defense (JMOD) announced a comprehensive agreement with the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) and the Information-technology Promotion Agency, Jap...

On December 25, Tokyo Keiki Co., Ltd. announced the inauguration of its "Defense Management Facility" (防衛管理棟) at the company’s Nasu Plant in Nasu-shi, Tochigi Prefecture. The Japanese precisio...