Lockheed Optimistic On Future Japanese Aegis Destroyer Requirements

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A concept image of Japan's Aegis System Equipped Vessels.

Credit: Japanese Defense Ministry
TOKYO—With the Japanese Defense Ministry awarding contracts to build two new Aegis System Equipped Vessels (ASEV), Lockheed Martin believes there are still details to be ironed out to fulfill Tokyo’s future ambitions on the new SPY-7 Aegis destroyer. The ASEV program was spun off from the now...
Chen Chuanren

Chen Chuanren is the Southeast Asia and China Editor for the Aviation Week Network’s (AWN) Air Transport World (ATW) and the Asia-Pacific Defense Correspondent for AWN, joining the team in 2017.

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