Kosuke Takahashi

1 week ago | navalnews.com | Kosuke Takahashi

The announcement was made on May 22 amid the DSEI Japan 2025 defense show in Chiba Prefecture, which attracted 471 exhibitors from 33 countries as the country’s largest defense trade show. Under the agreement, Fujitsu will manufacture “the SPY-7 Subarray Suite Power Supply Line Replaceable Unit (PS LRU)” for the ASEVs, a joint press release by Fujitsu and Lockheed said. An official at Fujitsu told Naval News on May 23 that Lockheed will place an order with Fujitsu after October 2025.

2 weeks ago | navalnews.com | Kosuke Takahashi

Japanese shipbuilder Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) held a delivery ceremony and a “self-defense ship flag raising ceremony” today for the Niyodo (によど). The event means the ship, the seventh Mogami-class FFM, was officially commissioned with the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF). JS Niyodo was inducted into Escort Division 12, headquartered at the Kure naval base in HIroshima Prefecture. This is the first deployment of a Mogami-class frigate to Kure.

3 weeks ago | navalnews.com | Kosuke Takahashi

The Japanese Ministry of Defense’s Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics Agency (ATLA) announced this week that it had signed a contract worth about 72 billion yen ($493 million) with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) in March to build a 14,500-tonne replenishment ship for the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF).

1 month ago | navalnews.com | Kosuke Takahashi

The new offshore patrol vessels (OPV) will be built at a very high pace: The first and second vessels are scheduled to be launched in November this year. The Japanese Ministry of Defense has announced that it has started building a planned fleet of 12 OPV for the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF). It is the first time ever for the service to introduce any OPV.

1 month ago | navalnews.com | Kosuke Takahashi |Monch Publishing. Takahashi

New images provided to Naval News by local photographer and shipspotter たもたん (@Tamotaro) show Japanese shipbuilder Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) has installed the first 16-cell Mk 41 VLS on JS Niyodo (FFM-7), or the seventh ship of the Mogami-class, at the company’s Nagasaki Shipyard & Machinery Works in Nagasaki Prefecture. It has been placed on the deck in front of the bridge of the ship, as originally planned.