Japan Releases $53B Defense Budget Focused on Shipbuilding, Fighters
Japan’s Ministry of Defense requested on Thursday a record defense budget of $53 billion for Fiscal Year 2024, an increase…
Japan Awards $2.8B in Contracts for New Standoff Weapons
Japan’s Ministry of Defense signed four contracts worth a total of $2.83 billion last week with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) for…
Bombers Could Help Australia Deter China During Transition to Nuclear-Powered Submarines
Bombers, long-range strike missiles and large undersea unmanned systems could help Canberra deter China until it has nuclear-powered attack submarines,…
Lockheed Martin Says New F-35 Supplier Contracts Will Reduce Aircraft Costs
F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter lead-contractor Lockheed Martin reconfigured a host of its contracts with its suppliers to lower…
U.S. Destroyer, P-8 Poseidons Join Search for Missing Japanese F-35A Pilot; Officials Say Fighter Crashed
A U.S. guided-missile destroyer and P-8A Poseidons maritime surveillance aircraft have joined in the search for a Japanese Air Self…