he Japan Air Self-Defense Force Air Development and Test Command has unveiled the first official photographs of its new Kawasaki C-2 standoff jammer aircraft.
Cathay Pacific is seeing positive results from efforts to diversify the network of its low-cost subsidiary HK Express despite widening losses for fiscal 2025.
Airbus says it will augment its space-based SAR imagery provision through a teaming agreement with Japan’s Synspective to boost resolution and revisit rates.
ATLA says it is seeing a roughly 50% increase in interest and engagement from foreign customers for Japanese defense solutions at this year's Singapore Airshow.
Airbus plans to finally deploy the Superbird-9 broadcast and broadband satellite for Japan’s SKY Perfect JSAT next year after multiple delays, Schoellhorn says.
For Japan, 2026 marks the penultimate year of its five-year Defense Buildup Plan, initiated in 2022 in response to a perceived deterioration in the regional security environment.
Chinese airlines have reportedly canceled all scheduled services on 49 routes to Japan this February as tensions between the countries continue to simmer.
The deterioration in China-Japan relations is increasingly evident not only in diplomatic rhetoric and trade measures, but in a rapidly shrinking air corridor that had only recently recovered to pre-pandemic levels.
Japan plans to study the use of General Atomics MQ-9B UAS for aerial interception missions, as it faces airspace intrusions by Chinese and Russian aircraft.
