The development of the Island Defence ASM – seen here on display at the DSEI Japan 2023 show – has been allocated funding of USD257 million in the 2023 defence budget. (Janes/Jon Grevatt)
Japanese company Kawasaki Heavy Industries (KHI) has unveiled a model of a new long-range cruise missile at the DSEI Japan 2023 exhibition in Chiba.
KHI told Janes that the weapon – known tentatively as the ‘Island Defence’ anti-ship missile (ASM) – is designed to be launched from warships, aircraft, and land platforms.
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The ACURL is used to develop, verify, and validate mission data files and allows Australia, the UK (jet pictured) and Canada the capability to reprogramme F-35 mission data to quickly execute sovereign missions,
Janes
has been told.
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The US Department of Defense (DoD) has contracted Lockheed Martin to establish full operating capability (FOC) of the Australia Canada United Kingdom Reprogramming Laboratory (ACURL) for the F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter (JSF).
Over the Black Sea, the United States has published video evidence depicting the collision between a Russian fighter jet and its MQ-9 Reaper drone.
Today, the declassified video was revealed.
Earlier, the US military reported that a Russian fighter jet dropped fuel on an MQ reaper drone over the Black Sea on Tuesday, forcing the drone to crash.
What is the video depicting?
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Tactical information technology maker MilDef has been awarded a subcontract to support the British Army’s upgraded Challenger 3 main battle tanks (MBT).
The contract has been awarded by Rheinmetall BAE Systems Land (RBSL), a UK-based joint venture business between Germany’s Rheinmetall and BAE Systems Land UK.
It is valued at approximately £2.5m.
As the component supplier, the Swedish firm will be responsible for supplying its Generic Vehicle Architecture-compliant processors and ethernet switches throughout the life of the new Challenger 3 programme.
ATLA displayed the Type 16 MCV at the DSEI Japan 2023 exhibition in Chiba. (Janes/Jon Grevatt)
The Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) plans to procure a total of 250 Type 16 Mobile Combat Vehicles (MCVs), Japan’s Acquisition, Technology & Logistics Agency (ATLA) told
Janes
on 15 March at the DSEI Japan 2023 exhibition in Chiba.
ATLA officials said the JGSDF has ordered and taken delivery of about 100 MCVs and orders for 150 additional vehicles – including variants – are expected in the next few years.
The FN Minimi Mk 3 is a belt-fed, fully automatic, gas-operated, air-cooled LMG. The barrel of Mk 3 is chambered for 5.56×45 mm, and it is available in two lengths – 349 mm and 465 mm. (FN Herstal)
The Japanese Ministry of Defense (MoD) has selected Belgian armaments manufacturer Fabrique Nationale (FN) Herstal’s Minimi Mk 3 light machine guns (LMGs) and German handgun manufacturer Heckler & Koch’s (H&K’s) G28 E2 anti-personnel sniper guns for the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF).
The Kongsberg air-launched Joint Strike Missile is fired from a Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter in this artist’s impression. (Norwegian MoD)
Japan is set to take delivery of an initial batch of Joint Strike Missiles (JSMs), manufacturer Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace has confirmed to Janes.
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WASHINGTON — The U.S. Army chief would like to see three multidomain task force units in the Pacific region, he said Wednesday at the McAleese & Associates conference.
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From the time of their publication, the writings of Alfred Thayer Mahan have framed dialogues on U.S. sea power, sea control, and maritime strategy.
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