Yoshihiro Inaba

Jan 18, 2025 | navalnews.com | Jeoffrey Maitem |Aaron-Matthew Lariosa |Yoshihiro Inaba

U.S. Navy Press Release SOUTH CHINA SEA – The Armed Forces of the Philippines and the U.S. Navy conducted a bilateral Maritime Cooperative Activity (MCA) in the South China Sea, Jan. 17-18, 2025. MCAs demonstrate a collective commitment to strengthening regional and international cooperation in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific. This MCA is designed to emphasize our longstanding partnership between the two militaries in the maritime domain.

Jan 17, 2025 | navalnews.com | Aaron-Matthew Lariosa |Yoshihiro Inaba

ARLINGTON, Va, –  At least two of the U.S. Navy’s Freedom-class Littoral Combat Ships can now down drones after the service modified the class’ Surface-to-Surface Missile Module amid increasing demands for a counter-unmanned aerial system (C-UAS) as a result of combat in the Red Sea and threats beyond.

Jan 16, 2025 | navalnews.com | Yoshihiro Inaba |Self-Defense Forces

The SPY-6 is the latest shipborne radar developed and manufactured by RTX, and deliveries have already begun for installation on the U.S. Navy’s newest Aegis destroyers and nuclear-powered aircraft carriers. One of its key features is the ability to adjust its size according to the ship it is mounted on and the required capabilities. The SPY-6 forms a large radar antenna by combining small radar units called Radar Modular Assemblies (RMAs), each a 60 cm (1-foot) cube.

Jan 16, 2025 | navalnews.com | Aaron-Matthew Lariosa |Yoshihiro Inaba

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Navy announced that the USS Lyndon B. Johnson (DDG-1002) dry-docked at Huntington Ingalls Industries’ Pascagoula Shipyard in Mississippi last Sunday to begin the integration process for Conventional Prompt Strike, making the Zumwalt-class destroyer the second vessel to receive the conventional hypersonic missiles. “Lyndon B. Johnson (DDG 1002) will be the second ship of the class to receive the large missile vertical launch system and CPS.

Jan 15, 2025 | navalnews.com | Yoshihiro Inaba |Self-Defense Forces

In October 2024, the aircraft carrier USS George Washington entered the U.S. Navy’s Yokosuka base (U.S. Fleet Activities Yokosuka) in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. The carrier is replacing the USS Ronald Reagan, which had been forward-deployed to Yokosuka since 2015. This marks the George Washington‘s second deployment to Japan, the first being in 2009. Notably, the vessel was equipped with a peculiar device.