The U.S. government has cleared the sale of four SM-3 Block IIA missiles to Japan for an estimated cost of $133.3 million.
Category: Navy
China’s second carrier to start sea trials next month
Military experts in China say the country’s first domestically-built aircraft carrier will likely go for its first sea trials next month.
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Lockheed Martin gets AN/ALQ-248 development contract
The U.S. Navy has awarded a development contract for Lockheed Martin’s Advanced Off-Board Electronic Warfare (AOEW) Active Mission Payload (AMP) AN/ALQ-248 system.
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Taiwan has completed research on ship-launched TC-2, deploy on its stealth frigates
Taiwan news outlets are reporting that development of the indigenous ship-launched surface-to-air variant of the Sky Sword II missile has been completed and the deploy on the Kang Ding class stealth frigates from 2020.
Proposal to convert JS Izumo into fixed-wing carrier circulating within Defense Ministry
The Mainichi reported on Jan. 6 that a proposal to convert the JS Izumo helicopter destroyer into a carrier capable of operating fixed-wing fighters is being circulated within the Defense Ministry.
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