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by Ares
09 Dec 2022, 09:07
Forum: Royal Air Force
Topic: Future UK Combat Aircraft (Project Tempest)
Replies: 4029
Views: 947321
Japan

Re: Future UK Combat Aircraft (Project Tempest)

Any ideas on how the Japanese have influence the design/requirements? The new images don't match the earlier ones and don't display the back end. According to our prominent aviation media, the three countries have agreed to reflect Japan's requirements in most of the performances and designs of the...
by Ares
02 Dec 2022, 19:03
Forum: Royal Air Force
Topic: Future UK Combat Aircraft (Project Tempest)
Replies: 4029
Views: 947321
Japan

Re: Future UK Combat Aircraft (Project Tempest)

Japan, the UK and Italy are close to announcing a political agreement on a new jet fighter, joining forces to fund a multi-billion dollar program capable of competing with the next generation of warplanes from the US and elsewhere. The accord on the project, to be called the Global Combat Air Progr...
by Ares
17 Nov 2022, 22:58
Forum: Royal Air Force
Topic: Future UK Combat Aircraft (Project Tempest)
Replies: 4029
Views: 947321
Japan

Re: Future UK Combat Aircraft (Project Tempest)

Joint development of Next-generation fighter by Japan, Britain, and Italy, agreement to be reached next month, future export in mind The government has decided to jointly develop a successor to the Air Self-Defense Force's F2 fighter with Britain and Italy. A formal agreement is expected next month...
by Ares
23 Sep 2022, 13:31
Forum: Royal Air Force
Topic: Future UK Combat Aircraft (Project Tempest)
Replies: 4029
Views: 947321
Japan

Re: Future UK Combat Aircraft (Project Tempest)

https://www.defensenews.com/global/europe/2022/09/22/italy-air-force-chief-heads-to-japan-to-talk-next-gen-fighter-jets/ Italy Air Force chief heads to Japan to talk next-gen fighter jets The head of the Italian Air Force will travel to Japan next month to hold talks with his Japanese counterpart ab...
by Ares
14 Aug 2022, 06:54
Forum: Royal Air Force
Topic: Future UK Combat Aircraft (Project Tempest)
Replies: 4029
Views: 947321
Japan

Re: Future UK Combat Aircraft (Project Tempest)

The British and Japanese governments seem to have firmly agreed on the requirements and sizes to develop the same next-generation fighter jet. JASDF's next fighter will be developed as a common aircraft with the UK. 2022/08/14 05:00 The Japanese and British governments made final adjustments in the ...
by Ares
09 Jul 2022, 07:58
Forum: Royal Air Force
Topic: Future UK Combat Aircraft (Project Tempest)
Replies: 4029
Views: 947321
Japan

Re: Future UK Combat Aircraft (Project Tempest)

Some detailed information about the UK/Japan's collaboration from Aviation Week. I already like how it's going! :thumbup: Current work between the UK and Japan includes studies of Japan’s Joint New Air-to-Air Missile (JNAAM), a derivative of the MBDA Meteor equipped with a Japanese active, electroni...
by Ares
18 Feb 2022, 10:15
Forum: Royal Air Force
Topic: Future UK Combat Aircraft (Project Tempest)
Replies: 4029
Views: 947321
Japan

Re: Future UK Combat Aircraft (Project Tempest)

Shortly after the JNAAM project was announced, I have been expecting cooperation on the next generation fighter between the two nations also be happening as well. In a matter of fact, that's the reason why I signed up on this site. :p I'd say this is just the beginning, F-X and Tempest's collaborati...
by Ares
17 Feb 2021, 18:40
Forum: Royal Air Force
Topic: Future UK Combat Aircraft (Project Tempest)
Replies: 4029
Views: 947321
Japan

Re: Future UK Combat Aircraft (Project Tempest)

And Rolls-Royce has proposed cooperative development of a single engine type for the F-X and Tempest programs, which are running on somewhat parallel timescales. Surprised at this comment as it would appear from the May 2019 video that the Japanese XF9-1 15 tonnes/33,000 lbs jet at an advanced stag...
by Ares
04 Feb 2021, 02:05
Forum: Royal Air Force
Topic: Future UK Combat Aircraft (Project Tempest)
Replies: 4029
Views: 947321
Japan

Re: Future UK Combat Aircraft (Project Tempest)

From the Joint statement of Japan-UK foreign and defence ministerial meeting 2021: The four Ministers endorsed the progress of the work of the Japan-UK High Level Defence Equipment and Technology Cooperation Steering Panel on defence equipment and technology cooperation. They welcomed the ongoing di...
by Ares
10 Dec 2020, 16:16
Forum: Defence Elsewhere
Topic: JAPAN / 日本
Replies: 456
Views: 44470
Japan

Re: JAPAN / 日本

Japan is going to develop a new standoff long-range stealth ASM with 2021 defence budget till 2026. It is said that the missile will have a range of 900km( according to the Kyodo news ) to 1000km( according to the Chairman of LDP's foreign affairs and security committee ). Looks like we are making o...
by Ares
05 Dec 2020, 08:05
Forum: Defence Elsewhere
Topic: CANADA
Replies: 378
Views: 32220
Japan

Re: CANADA

New system unproven, says expert In a statement, the Department of National Defence insisted that the cost of adapting the radar to the Canadian frigate design "will be covered as part of the ($140 million) long-lead contract" signed with Irving Shipbuilding in early 2019, after Lockheed ...
by Ares
19 Nov 2020, 09:59
Forum: Defence Elsewhere
Topic: JAPAN / 日本
Replies: 456
Views: 44470
Japan

Re: JAPAN / 日本

Second ship in class of 30FFM frigate launched.(FFM-2 JS Kumano)

First ship has been delayed by 2021 due to small accident of MT30 gas turbine engine.

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by Ares
30 Oct 2020, 23:21
Forum: Defence Elsewhere
Topic: JAPAN / 日本
Replies: 456
Views: 44470
Japan

Re: JAPAN / 日本

Hope we select BAE Sytems as a prime foreign partner. Even a small portion of features from Tempest would be a game-changing advantage to secure our air superiority of East Asia. I somehow allways expected thet they will use their Kawasaki P-1 as a platform for ELINT or AWACS aircraft? It probably d...
by Ares
05 Oct 2020, 14:12
Forum: Royal Air Force
Topic: Future UK Combat Aircraft (Project Tempest)
Replies: 4029
Views: 947321
Japan

Re: Future UK Combat Aircraft (Project Tempest)

Quite surprised by that figure. Thats a huge amount of money for the integration of a seeker that already exists (although it does involve some minituarisation and a new GaN array). The Meteor does have a smaller diameter of its missile body than AAM-4B, perhaps 'squeezing' it all in is where the c...
by Ares
04 Oct 2020, 17:16
Forum: Royal Air Force
Topic: Future UK Combat Aircraft (Project Tempest)
Replies: 4029
Views: 947321
Japan

Re: Future UK Combat Aircraft (Project Tempest)

Here's the picture that Jane's shows of the UK/Japanese Meteor. I was a little surprised it doesn't have the clipped wings of the F-35B variant. Or am I mistaken on that? The image is just a place-holder. https://www.airrecognition.com/images/stories/news/2017/August/Japan_plans_to_invest_66Mn_in_J...
by Ares
04 Oct 2020, 05:51
Forum: Royal Air Force
Topic: Future UK Combat Aircraft (Project Tempest)
Replies: 4029
Views: 947321
Japan

Re: Future UK Combat Aircraft (Project Tempest)

For a basic comparison, I quickly found the total development budget for the US Small Diameter Bomb Increment II / StormBreaker. It is $2.1 billion in US dollars. In addition, the procurement cost is $3.3 billion. By comparison, $11 million for JNAAM seems like a trivial investment. I am not sure w...
by Ares
03 Oct 2020, 07:02
Forum: Royal Air Force
Topic: Future UK Combat Aircraft (Project Tempest)
Replies: 4029
Views: 947321
Japan

Re: Future UK Combat Aircraft (Project Tempest)

On another forum a million miles away, a Japanese speaker says that in the 2021 Japanese Defense budget there is a line item for a joint Japanese-UK project for wide area radar with a budget line of 4 billion yen (about $40m I think). Any idea what this is and is it related to tempest? It's a conti...
by Ares
07 Jul 2020, 12:13
Forum: Royal Air Force
Topic: Future UK Combat Aircraft (Project Tempest)
Replies: 4029
Views: 947321
Japan

Re: Future UK Combat Aircraft (Project Tempest)

It's been a long time. Today in Japan, the defense committee meeting held by the ruling party(LDP) officially discussed the next-gen fighter for the first time and Defense Ministry suggested a detailed development schedule. According to that, the prototype production will be started in 2024, the mas...
by Ares
05 Mar 2020, 18:18
Forum: Royal Air Force
Topic: Future UK Combat Aircraft (Project Tempest)
Replies: 4029
Views: 947321
Japan

Re: Future UK Combat Aircraft (Project Tempest)

Well, my dream is over fellow gentlemen. Looks like our government decided to be a good puppet of the US yet again. Too bad. :sick: The Japanese government has begun to coordinate with the U.S. and Japan in developing the next fighter jet to be introduced by the Air Self-Defense Forces in the mid-20...
by Ares
28 Feb 2020, 06:37
Forum: Defence Elsewhere
Topic: JAPAN / 日本
Replies: 456
Views: 44470
Japan

Re: JAPAN / 日本

a v interesting article, above, thanks for that xav! This bit (a graph in the article) Evolution / roadmap of Japan Self Defense Forces’ anti-ship missiles (for Air, Ground and Maritime) is really calling for a follow-on piece as Japan has been keenly buying not one, but more foreign solutions - ar...
by Ares
20 Dec 2019, 22:57
Forum: Royal Air Force
Topic: Future UK Combat Aircraft (Project Tempest)
Replies: 4029
Views: 947321
Japan

Re: Future UK Combat Aircraft (Project Tempest)

inch wrote:Sorry ares can't read it ,who's new design?
It's a newly emerged domestic design from Japan's MoD FY2020 revise budget document released yesterday.
The government decided to start the development of its own design of fighter with spending ¥28 billion next year.
by Ares
20 Dec 2019, 13:14
Forum: Royal Air Force
Topic: Future UK Combat Aircraft (Project Tempest)
Replies: 4029
Views: 947321
Japan

Re: Future UK Combat Aircraft (Project Tempest)

Another delta-wing joins the party

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by Ares
13 Dec 2019, 01:33
Forum: Royal Air Force
Topic: Future UK Combat Aircraft (Project Tempest)
Replies: 4029
Views: 947321
Japan

Re: Future UK Combat Aircraft (Project Tempest)

According to some domestic Japanese articles released today, the majority in the ministry of defense still prefers collaborating with the UK rather than the US. They say a government official said, "if we choose the suggestion from the US, we will be a US's duck, it's very negative on taking th...
by Ares
10 Dec 2019, 12:10
Forum: Royal Air Force
Topic: Future UK Combat Aircraft (Project Tempest)
Replies: 4029
Views: 947321
Japan

Re: Future UK Combat Aircraft (Project Tempest)

https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/amp.ft.com/content/a024eeec-1b08-11ea-97df-cc63de1d73f4 The Trump administration is pressuring Japan to choose a US defence company to develop jointly a replacement for its F-2 fighter jets as Tokyo considers a British alternative to cut its reliance on American weapo...
by Ares
06 Dec 2019, 13:04
Forum: Defence Elsewhere
Topic: JAPAN / 日本
Replies: 456
Views: 44470
Japan

Re: JAPAN / 日本

JGSDF selected their new rifle and pistol; Candidate for the new rifle - H&K 416, SCAR-L, Howa's new 5.56mm rifle Winner - Howa's new rifle Candidate for the new pistol - H&K SFP9, Beretta APX, Glock 17 Winner - H&K SFP9 https://www.mod.go.jp/j/press/news/2019/12/06b.html Here's the new ...