Longer range/endurance UAVs make a different to the tyranny of distance when it comes down to ISR. For full situational awareness, governments and their armed forces are electing to perform intelli...

US technology company Shield AI has been awarded a contract to supply an undisclosed number of its V-Bat vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) to the Japan Maritime S...

From January 13 to 17, Japan’s unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) developers demonstrated the disaster relief capabilities of their drones on Awaji Island during “Nankai Rescue 2024”. This was the large...

On February 4, the Japan Ministry of Defense (JMOD) announced the shipment of six Mitsubishi Type 73 light trucks used by the Japan Self-Defense Force (JSDF) to Ukraine in response to a request fro...

On January 21, Japanese shipbuilder Naikai Zosen Corporation announced that it had been selected for the “Zero Emission Ship Construction Promotion Project,” the goal of which is to establish the w...

On January 23, Nippon Kaiyo Co., Ltd. announced the deployment of the U.S.-developed “Griffon R1410” as Japan’s first drone surveillance radar system, in collaboration with the New York-based nonpr...

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...