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2 weeks 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.
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3 weeks ago | 
navalnews.com | Kosuke Takahashi |Monch Publishing. Takahashi
“It is a wider task for us, for both defense industries to support each other, to complement each other through co-development, co-production, co-sustainment and other initiatives, especially the stable delivery of missiles, is crucial for both sides,” Nakatani said during a joint press conference, after the first U.S.-Japan defense ministers’ meeting to take place since Donald Trump took office in January again.
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1 month ago | 
navalnews.com | Kosuke Takahashi |Monch Publishing. Takahashi
The new unit consists of the command headquarters, the 1st Marine Transportation Squadron, and the 2nd Marine Transportation Squadron. Each squadron will be equipped with their own dedicated transport ships. This unit is directly controlled by the defense minister, but it is managed by the JGSDF, a spokesperson at the Ground Staff Office told Naval News on March 24.
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1 month ago | 
navalnews.com | Kosuke Takahashi |Monch Publishing. Takahashi
Specifically, the JMSDF has received the SeaExplorer X2 underwater glider from French company Alseamar as well as the Slocum G3 Glider from American company Teledyne Webb Research, the JMSDF document showed. Both UUVs will be used as test examples for observation of water temperature structure, it also showed. The service said in Japanese on X on February 23 with photos of those two UUVs:“UUVs are expected to be important equipment for maritime defense.
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1 month ago | 
navalnews.com | Kosuke Takahashi |Monch Publishing. Takahashi
The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) commissioned its fourth Awaji-class mine countermeasures vessel (MCMV) in a ceremony held on March 12 in Yokohama City of Kanagawa Prefecture, south of Tokyo.
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1 month ago | 
navalnews.com | Kosuke Takahashi |Monch Publishing. Takahashi
The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) has commissioned the fourth of its Taigei-class diesel-electric attack submarines (SSK), which feature better detection and anti-detection capabilities than its older boats.
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2 months ago | 
navalnews.com | Kosuke Takahashi |Monch Publishing. Takahashi
The new auxiliary ocean surveillance ship, which has been named “Bingo”「びんご」(with pennant number AOS 5204), entered the water in a ceremony held at the company’s shipyard in Tamano City, southern Okayama Prefecture on the day. The vessel is named after the Bingo Sea (備後灘, Bingo-nada) which is an area of water in the central part of the Seto Inland Sea. All ships of the Hibiki-class are named after famous “nada” (sea) along the coasts of each region.
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Dec 5, 2024 | 
navalnews.com | Kosuke Takahashi |Monch Publishing. Takahashi |Yoshihiro Inaba
The JMSDF plans to acquire a total of 23 MQ-9B SeaGuardian surveillance drones by fiscal year 2032, a spokesperson at the service told Naval News on December 5.
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Nov 29, 2024 | 
navalnews.com | Kosuke Takahashi |Monch Publishing. Takahashi |Alex Luck
This decision was made after it held a National Security Council meeting and deliberated based on its three principles for the transfer of defense equipment and technology and the operational guidelines. If the FFM export would be realized, it will be the first defense equipment transfer case involving a Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) ship in history.
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Nov 28, 2024 | 
navalnews.com | Kosuke Takahashi |Monch Publishing. Takahashi |Nathan Gain
The new transport vessel, which has been named “Yoko”「ようこう」 (with pennant number 4101), entered the water in a ceremony held at Naikai Zosen’s Setoda shipyard in Onomichi City of Hiroshima Prefecture on the day. Yoko in Japanese means sunshine, thus conveying a wish for a safe voyage flooded with sunlight. The LSV is about 120 meters long, has a draft of about 4 meters, and a standard displacement of about 3,500 tons. It will have a crew complement of about 40.
