The Japan Maritime Self Defense Force plans to procure a UAV to conduct ISR missions with the service currently conducting trials since July this year around the East China Sea with a single MQ-9B ...

Yet, my abiding memory of the train trip I took with my partner in Japan in December 2023 is much more sedate. I think about ...

Defense officials were also focusing on unmanned weapons and artificial intelligence to make up for the declining number of ...

From Naval Surface Forces, 16 2024  Unmanned Surface Vessel Squadron (USVRON) One welcomed four first class midshipmen from ...

The deep sea is considered Earth's final frontier due to its inhospitable, uncharted depths. However, Japan faces the risk of falling behind in exploring this unknown realm, as its aging dark ocean ...

Musk had stated earlier this month that the first Starships to Mars would be launched when the next Earth-Mars transfer ...

Beijing sent two drones to the "Yonaguni Gap" on August 23, a less than 70-mile-wide waterway that separates Taiwan and Japan's westernmost island of Yonaguni. The American unmanned aircraft have ...

A race is currently underway in Tokyo to determine the next president of Japan’s largest political party, the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP). The winner is likely to become Japan’s next and 101st ...

South Korea’s New Patent Uses Ground-Based Drones and Airborne Cameras to Rebuild Networks for Search and Rescue by DRONELIFE Staff Writer Ian J. McNab In disaster response situations, re-establishing ...

The incident marked the first time that Japan has publicly announced that a Chinese military aircraft had violated its airspace. Chinese military aircraft and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles routinely ...

The unmanned weapons can also help a country struggling with its aging and shrinking population. Japan has been struggling to fulfill Self-Defense Force, or SDF, troop levels at 247,000 people.

Japan’s Defense Ministry Friday sought a record 8.5 trillion yen ($59 billion) budget for the next year to fortify its deterrence on southwestern islands against China’s increasing ...