Japanese Mitsubishi ATD-X Shinshin stealth fighter aircraft ready for first flight. The ATD-X, known in Japan as Shinshin, meaning “spirit of the heart,” is a research prototype being used to determine whether domestic technologies for a fifth-generation fighter are viable. If successful, the ATD-X will undergo further development and modifications in the hopes of leading […]

With formulations being conducted for Japan’s fiscal year 2016 government budget, the country’s Defense Ministry is contemplating whether to request a record-high slice of the expenditure pie. Having secured three consecutive year-on-year nominal budgetary boosts since the return to power of conservative Shinzo Abe and his Liberal Democratic Party in December 2012, it is quite clear that the area of defense is a priority for the government.

New camo of F-4 Phantom II – Japan Air Self-Defense Force from  Hyakuri Air Base

Type 74 tank lost its tracks during firepower exercise. A Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force Type 74 armoured tank after it lost its tracks before an annual training session, which is based on a scenario to defend or retake islands in Japanese territory, near Mount Fuji at Higashifuji training field in Gotemba, west of Tokyo. apan’s […]

A U.S. military helicopter crash landed off the Japanese island of Okinawa on Wednesday, leaving seven people injured.The UH-60 Black Hawk performed a “hard-deck landing” on the USNS Red Cloud, the U.S. Pacific Command said. Aerial footage broadcast by NHK showed the chopper with part of its tail broken off.Of the 17 people on board, […]

Patuxent River, Md., (July 14, 2015) – Bell Boeing, a strategic alliance between Bell Helicopter, a Textron [NYSE: TXT] company, and Boeing [NYSE: BA], was awarded a U.S. Navy contract today for five Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft to bedelivered to Japan, marking the first sale of the aircraft through the U.S. government’s foreign […]

Interior of Kawasaki P-1 Japanese maritime patrol aircraft

The Defense Department is lobbying to realign the P6.5 billion Shore-Based Missile System to counter China’s threat in the South China Sea, according to documents obtained by The Standard. The mobile SBMS is part of the Army’s “big-ticket items” and included in the 1st Horizon Project List in the Revised Armed Forces of the Philippines […]

Japanese NAVY salvages US-2 wreckage from Seabed Read more : SHINMAYWA US-2 INVOLVED IN MAJOR ACCIDENT AT SEA

Build in progress on Second Japanese Izumo class helicopter carrier